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THE ROUTE. 



XX7HILE those purchasing excursion 
W tickets can start on any regular train 
July 7th or 8th, the excursion proper will 
leave Detroit July 7th, at 11.10 p.m., by the 
Canada Southern Railroad, arriving at 
Niagara Falls the next morning at S.30 
a. m. Seven and a half hoars will be 
given for seeing the Falls, and for break- 
fast and dinner at the International Ho- 
tel. Resuming seats in the cars of the 
Canada Southern Railroad at 4 p. m., the 
town of Niagara will be readied at 4.30 p 
m., where the cars will be exchanged for 
the steamer Chicora. which after 

CROSSING LAKE ONTARIO, 

In the day-time, arrives at Toronto at 6.30 
p. m., in time for the train east on the 
Grand Trunk Railroad, which leaves To- 
ronto at 7.30 p. m (Montreal time). This 
train arrives at Kingston the next morn- 
ing, July 9th, at 1.50 A. M., but the cars 
containing passengers for the St. Law- 
rence steamers are detached and backed 
down to the clock, where they remain un- 
til the steamer arrives from Toronto at 
6 A. m The ride down the St. Lawrence, 
among the Thousand Islands and through 

THE FAMOUS RAPIDS, 

Will take all day, Wednesday, arriving at 
Montreal at 7 i\ M , where the interval 
till 9.45 will be enjoyed by going to the 
Windsor Hotel for supper, and a short 
rest. In planning the route, it has been 
thought best to take the excursion direct 
to the White Mountains without stopping, 
and leave Montreal for the return trip, 
when time will be allowed for visiting it. 
There are reasons for this, one of which 
is that we desire to get to the Moun- 
tains in time to accommodate teachers 
who wish to attend the 

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF INSTRUCTION, 

Which will hold its sessions July 8tb, 9th, 
10th and 11th. The excursion will, there- 
fore, take the cars of the Grand Trunk 
Railroad at 9.45 p. m., arriving at Gorham 
Thursday, July 10th, at 8.50 A. m., where 



stages for the Glen will be in waiting. As 
the train reaches Island Pond at 5.15 a.m. 
(where breakfast will be taken), the moun- 
tain scenery between that place and Gor- 
ham will be passed in the day-time. The 
scenery passed between Montreal and Isl- 
and Pond is of no special interest, and 
nothing will have been lost. Two days 
will be allowed at 

THE WHITE MOUNTAINS, 

As the excursion does not leave Gorham 
for Portland until Saturday morning, July 
12th, at 8.53. This interval will permit of 
the ascension of Mt. Washington, and car- 
riage or pedestrian trips to the various 
points of interest in the vicinity. The 
last two days' session of the American In- 
stitute of Instruction may also be attend- 
ed, as described at length on page 37 in 
this book. 

THE SKA SIDE 

At Portland will be reached at 12.45 p. M. 
on Saturday. July 12th, where four days 
will be allowed, as the train for Quebec 
will not be taken till Wednesday, July 
loth, at 2 p. m. This long rest is at the 
free disposal of the excursion. Special 
rates have been obtained at the Old Or 
chard Beach Hotel, 11 miles from Port- 
land towards Boston, on the Boston & 
Maine R. R. No better sea-side resort can 
be found on the Atlantic coast, and all the 
privileges and novelties of the sea-side 
can there be obtained. 

AN OCEAN VOYAGE 

On a small scale may be made to Boston, 
by the Portland Steam Packet Company's 
steamers, which leave at 7 p. m. The dis- 
tance, time required and accommodations 
are the same as on the Detroit & Cleve- 
land line. By this plan you arrive at Bos- 
ton Sunday morning at 7 a. m. Sunday 
and Monday can be spent there, and by 
taking the. cars of the Boston & Maine R. 
R ., which runs through Old Orchard 
Beach, this place can be " made " on the 
return trip. If this should be the plan 



TICKETS. 



and you take the train from Boston Tues- 
day noon, July 15th, two days can be 
spent at the sea-side. 

LEAVING PORTLAND 

At 2 p. M., Wednesday, July 16th, the way 
is retraced by the Grand Trunk R. R. as 
fartas i Richmond Junction, where the 
road brandies off to the right, terminating 
at Point Levi, which is opposite Quebec, 
and is readied at 0,45 A. M. Thursday, 
July 17th. The route between Portland 
and Island Pond, is again passed by day- 
light, and is all that is worth caring to 
see. The time at Quebec will be from the 
time of the arrival of the ferry from Pt. 
Levi, 7 a. M., to 5 p. M., when the steamer 
leaves for Montreal. 

THE DAY AT QUEBEC 

Is ample to visit all points of interest. 
The falls of Montmorenci, the .little old 
French town of Beauport, the citadel and 
cathedral, ard all other places can be vis- 
ited, and these are the chief points of in- 
terest. 

THE RIDE ON THE ST. LAWRENCE 

From Quebec to Montreal will be one of 
the finest parts of the trip The steamers 
are as good as the famous Hudson river 
line, and as it is daylight until S.30 p. m., 
the most interesting part of the river is 
passed before dark. 

THE CITY OF MONTREAL 

Will be reached Friday morning, July 
18th, where a day or more may be spent 
in sight seeing. The city is of unusual 
interest to tourists. 



THE RETURN TRIP. 

The excursion will leave Montreal at 10 
p. M. and return by the Grand Trunk R. 
R. to Detroit without interruption. Those 
living outside of 

DETROIT 

Should stop over, if possible, and visit the 
old "City of the Straits." It possesses 
many points of interest for the tourist. 

THE DESIGN OF THE ROUTE. 

The plan of the excursion comprehends 
some of the most beautiful scenery in the 
world, and the route by which these points 
of interest may be reached has been ar- 
ranged with direct reference to assuring 
the comfort of the tourists. The frequent 
change from the railway to the steamer, 
and the return to railway, with stopping 
places interspersed, will remove the most 
objectionable features of traveling. 

THE COOLEST ROUTE. 

It should be remembered by those who 
desire to escape from the heat of mid- 
summer, that much of this route is as far 
north as Lake Superior. The White 
Mountains and the sea-side, with the in- 
vigorating mountain andseaair, will give 
experiences not easily duplicated by a 
more southern route. 

THE TIME FOR STARTING 

Is Monday night, July 7th, at 11.10 p. M. 
This affords ample time for reaching De- 
troit from the interior of Michigan, or 
from almost any point in Ohio, Indiana or 
Illinois, without traveling on Sunday. 



TICKETS. 



THE tickets are $25 each, and are good 
for the round trip on any regular 
train. 

(Ill LDREN HALF FARE. 

Children over five and under 12 years of 
age will be passed at half fare. Children 
under five will be free. 

ORDINARY RATIOS. 

The rates quoted below are the regular 
ordinary fares oneway : 

Niagara Falls $7 00 

Toronto 7 00 

Kingston 11 20 

Montreal 15 00 

Quebec 17 50 

Gorhani IS 00 

Portland 18 00 

Boston 20 00 

This covers the fare one way only and 
does not include the stage fare at the 
mountains. The excursion tickets, how- 
ever, are for the round trip and include 
the stage fare at tlie mountains, which 
ordinarily costs $8 extra. 



WHERE TO GET TICKETS. 

Tickets will be for sale at floe places — 
the office of the Canada Southern Rail- 
road, 153 Jefferson avenue (and at the de- 
pot, foot of Third street), also at the office, 
of the Grand Trunk Railroad, No 150 
Jefferson avenue," at the office of the De- 
troit Evening' News, 05 Shelby 
street, and at the Grand Trunk Junc- 
tion. Persons from the interior of the 
State can stop off at the junction, pur- 
chase their tickets and join the excursion 
when it passes. Tickets should be se- 
cured in advance, however, by addressing 
W. II. Brearley, office of tlie Evening 
News, 05 Shelby street, Detroit. 

WHEN TO GET TICKETS. 

Send for your ticket as soon as you havt 
made up your mind to go, instead of wait- 
ing till the last week. The reasons f.for 
this are many and important, especially to 
the manager of the excursion, who desires 
to learn, at as early a time as possible, the 
number intending to go. Tickets can be 
obtained up to and including the last day 



EXTENSION OF TIME 



XI 



—July 8th, but the manager would be 
greatly accommodated if an earlier date 
would be as convenient. A large number 
is not desired, and only a limited number 
of tickets will be sold. No tickets will be 
placed for sale outside of Detroit. 

IIOAV TO MAKE REMITTANCE. 

Any one of the three following methods 
of remitting money may be safely em- 
ployed: Postoffice order, draft on De- 
troit or New Vork, or by registered letter. 
The name and address in full should also 
be enclosed that there may be no mistake 
in returning the ticket to the proper per- 
son, city and State. In remitting make 
drafts or orders, payable to the order of 
W. 11 Brearley. 

EXCURSION CERTIFICATES 

Will be sent free of charge to every pur- 
chaser of an excursion ticket, which will 
show that the holder is entitled to the 
special rates that have been obtained at 
hotels. As the certificates will have to 
be made out in the name of the holder of 
the excursion ticket, application should 
be accompanied with the name and ad- 
dress of each person. 

SPECIAL EATES TO DETROIT. 

Nearly every railroad centering at De- 
troit issues round trip tickets at reduced 
rates, from the various stations along 
their lines, to Detroit and return. 

KUNNING TIME. 

The various railroads centering at De- 
troit do not all arrive and leave this city 
by Detroit time. They run as follows: 



Michigan Central It. It., Chicago time, 

Michigan Southern It. It., Detroit time. 

Detroit and Hillsdale It. R., Chicago 
time. 

Flint & Pere Marquette It. It,, Detroit 
time. 

Detroit, Lansing & N.R.R., Detroit time. 

Detroit & Bay City It. It., Chicago time. 

Detroit & Milwaukee It. R., Detroit 
time. 
Canada Southern R. It., Detroit time. 

Great Western It, R . Detroit time. 

Grand Trunk It. R,, Chicago time. 

The latter road changes its standard of 
time in various parts of its route, as fol- 
lows : 

Between Detroit and Port Huron, Chi- 
cago time. 

Between Port Huron and Toronto, Tor- 
onto time. 

Between Toronto and Island Pond.Mon- 
treal time. 

Between Island Pond and Portland, 
Portland time. 

ESTIMATE OF EXTRA EXPEXSI s. 

These can be managed so as not to ex- 
ceed $25 in addition to the ticket, or they 
can be as much more as you please. This 
estimate supposes first-class accommoda- 
tions, in all respects, but does not include 
any unnecessary expense. It would be 
safer to take along enough, so as not to be 
embarrassed by any unforeseen emergen- 
cies that might arise. 

The average expenses of last year's party 
were probably $40 or $50 besides the 
ticket. This is more however, than is 
necessary 



EXTENSION OF TIME. 



THE ticket proper is good to start on 
the 7th or 8th of July, and to return 
any time within 14 days, viz : on or 
before the 21st of July. Any one or every 
one, however, who will comply with the 
conditions upon which the extension cer- 
tificates will be granted, can obtain one, 
free of cost, and with it can remain east 
45 days, returning any time on or before 
the 20th of August. 

The certificates will be given only to 
purchasers of regular excursion tickets 
and will be issued only by W. H. Brearley 
and upon the following conditions, viz.': 

1st. That the holder will not sell or 
transfer the ticket, and 

2d. That two photographs of the appli- 
cant shall be furnished; one to be mount- 
ed upon the certificate itself, and the 
other to be retained by the manager. 

As the certificate can not be used with- 
out the photographs, the following sug- 
gestions should be noted: The photo- 



graphs should be trimmed to a trifle less 
than 




THE SIZE 



Of the above oval. They should be mi 



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SLEEPING CARS. 



mounted and covered on the back with 
mucilage ready to be moistened with the 
tongue and affixed without delay. 

Photographs on cards will unfasten 
themselves without injury by being al- 
lowed to soak in water over night. Those 
having three or four days to spare in De- 
troit before starting may obtain the nec- 
essary photographs of the best quality 
and 

FREE OF CHARGE. 

At Randall's photograph rooms, No. 220 



Woodward avenue. This offer is made 
in good faith and those who have pur- 
chased excursion tickets may feel per- 
fectly free to avail themselves of the 
offer. 

Forty-rive days is the extreme limit to 
which any ticket can be extended. The 
certificates can be obtained either at the 
time of the purchase of t ; ckets (when the 
photographs should accompany the re- 
mittance) or after the excursion has 
started. 



SLEEPING CARS. 



npHE enjoyments of travel are greatly j 
_|_ enhanced by the ease and comfort ob- 
tainable in the elegant Pullman or 
Wagner " sleepers." It is questionable ! 
whether it would be possible to put $5.00 I 
where it would " do so much good," as to 
expend it in securing a berth for all the | 
time that will be needed during the five 
nights of the fourteen days of travel. Where 
two travel together, and occupy the same 
berth, the price to each will be as above, 
but if berths are used by one person only, 
the price of course will be double. Sleep- 
ers from Detroit to Niagara Falls can be 
secured in advance by remitting 12.00 
when excursion ticket is purchased. 
Sleepers for other portions of the route 
can be secured after starting, and at 
places stated elsewhere in this book. All 
trouble will be avoided, and the manager 
of the excursion will be greatly accommo- 
dated; if the following suggestions should 
receive deserved attention. Let those 



purchasing tickets remit for berths for 
the first night at the same time, and also 
state definitely whether they desire sleep- 
ing accommodations for the remainder of 
the round trip. In order that the manager 
can have time enough to make necessary 
arrangements by which sleeping cars 
shall be where and when wanted, and in 
sufficient number, it is essential that he 
should be possessed of this information 
as early as possible. There is no one 
thing that will contribute more to the 
comfort of the excursionist than this, and 
it should not be overlooked or forgotten. 
There is also no one thing that will be 
more appreciated by the manager than 
the courtesy herewith requested. No ob- 
jection will of course be made to letting 
any one manage this for himself, and 
a surplus of sleeping car room will be 
provided for all such as well as for those 
who cannot purchase tickets until the last 
day. 



SUGGESTIONS. 



IT is the design of the following sugges- 
tions to answer questions and give re- 
liable and needed advice. Any further 
information will be cheerfully given (if 
possessed) on application. 

THIS GUIDE BOOK 

Is intended to be used on the excursion, 
as well as to answer questions concerning 
the route- The places are described in 
the order that they are visited. 

READ THE GUIDE BOOK THROUGH 

All who go on the excursion should 
read this book through before starting. 
There are many things that are not 
touched upon in this preface that will be 
found in their proper places through the 
book, and in connection with the points 
of interest described. 

YOU CAN GO ALONE. 

Those holding excursion tickets can go 
and return by themselves, if they so de- 



sire, as the tickets are good to go on any 
regular train on July 7th or 8th. 

LADIES TRAVELING ALONE. 

No inconvenience or annoyance will be 
experienced by ladies traveling alone. 

Last year there were several who went 
" alone," but did not return so, as it is im- 
possible to resist the opportunities for 
making acquaintance, that so long a trip 
affords.' 

THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF INSTRUC- 
TION 

Will hold its session this year at the 
White Mountains, on July Sth, 9th, loth 
and 11th, and promises to' teachers a pro- 
gramme of unusuaj interest. 

The " American Institute of Instruc- 
tion " was founded in 1839, in Boston, and 
was intended, as its name indicates, to 
embrace the educators and educational 
interests of the whole country in its 



SUGGESTIONS. 



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sphere of operations. Its membership 
embraces over 2,500 of the more promi- 
nent teachers of the country. 

The morning session will commence at 
9 am. and close at 1 P. m. The evening 
session will continue from 7.30 to 9.30 P. 
M. each day of the Institute. 

In order to accommodate those desiring 
to attend the Institute, the route of the 
grand excursion has been so ai ranged that 
the 10th and 11th may be spent at the 
mountains. 

A HANDY THING TO HAVE ALONG. 

Dr. H. B. Drake, Homeopathic Phar- 
macy, at 228 Woodward avenue, Detroit, 
has prepared a small, neat case of Homeo- 
pathic remedies for the use of such of the 
excursion as are believers in Hahnemann. 
It contains the following 12 remedies: 

1. Aconite. 7. Mereurius Sol. 

2. Arsenicum. 8, Nux Vomica. 

3. Belladonna. Pulsatilla. 

4. Bryonia. 10. Phosphorus. 

5. Colocynth. 11. Rhus Tox. 

0. Ipecacuanha. 12. Veratrum Alb. 

A book of directions accompany each 
case which will be found sufficient to 
guide the inexperienced. 

These remedies are those most com- 
monly used. 

The price of case, with book, is .$1.00, 
and will be sent to any address on receipt 
of price. 

NO CROWD. 

The time required for this trip and the 
price of the tickets will insure a choice 
company. There will be no crowd or 
rabble, no standing up or other difficulty. 
The only difference between this and oth- 
er trains will be the addition of, perhaps, 
a couple of extra coaches to the regular 
trains. On the Canada Southern road, 
from Detroit to Niagara, the sleeping cars 
are Wagner's, on the Grand Trunk, Pull- 
man's. By two joining together in seem- 
ing berths on sleeping cars or steamboats, 
a saving of one-half is effected to each , 

YOU CAN STOP OFF 

At any point along the route either going 
or returning, and within the limits of llie 
time allowed. 

CHECKING BAGGAGE. 

Trunks can be taken as in ordinary 
travel and without extra charge, but to 
avoid delay at the custom houses it would 
be well to check them from Detroit to 
Gorham or Portland. Only baggage from 
the States to some point in Canada, or 
vice versa, is examined. Ladies (who 
some ill-natured author describes as nat- 
ural born smugglers) should make a note 
of this. 

WHAT TO WEAK. 

Ladies who seldom travel are some- 
times at a loss what to wear or take for a 
long trip. The lm baggage the better, 



usually, so it is best to wear something 
you are not afraid of spoiling and yet 
that looks well enough not to need chang- 
ing. There is nothing better for a travel- 
ing suit than gray serge, which might be 
trimmed with the same, a contrasting col- 
or, silk or in any other of the numerous 
ways fashion allows this season. Of 
course gray serge- is not by any means 
the only suitable material, and here as 
well as in the making and trimming, the 
figure, taste, and means of the wearer are 
to be consulted. A dress made of a ma- 
terial more easily soiled might be worn 
with safety if protected from dust by a 
linen ulster, and from rain by a water- 
proof. Apropos of waterproofs nothing 
could be nicer than the gossamer ones, 
now for sale at from $3 upwards, which 
are so fine and light that they take up al- 
most no room, and are perfectly imper- 
vious to water. They are made of the 
finest rubber cloth and will last for years. 
Newcomb, Endicott, & Co., Detroit, have 
a large stock of them Many ladies will 
have some dress that they are not afraid 
of spoiling, and that will be suitable for 
traveling." Iii such a case it would be fol- 
ly to have one made for the occasion. Of 
the two. it is much better taste to be 
dressed over-plainly than over-fancifully, 
in traveling. For a hat, anything that is 
plain, from winch dust can be brushed 
and which a shower would not spoil. 

Ladies who expect to spend the Sabbath 
in Boston or Portland, where they would 
wish to, attend church, might wish to 
take a trunk, and if it is checked at De- 
troit to Boston or Portland there will be 
none of the annoyance of Custom House 
officials. Of course, one would naturally 
need little articles. handkerchiefs,brushes, 
combs, etc., where they could be easily 
reached, and a small hand bag would be 
needed for this purpose. 

FTKLD AND SKY GLASSES. 

Every one who can possibly 
afford it, should secure a 
good field glass before 
starting. L Black & Co., 
opticians, at 77 Woodward 
ave.. Detroit, have a very 
large stock at prices rang- 
ing ii u in np3 to $25 They also have a 
great variety of spy glasses, at prices 
ranging from 50 cents upwards. This 
firm deal extensively in stereoscopic 
views, and no better resting place can be 
found in Detroit than at this store, where 
any who so desire can look over their 
views free of charge. 

hooks, ETC. 

Travelers often find some light reading 
very agreeable, and tourists often "wish 
they had thought to bring a note book," 
so that the beauties they see could be de- 
scribed on the spot, and the emotions 
they produced recalled as the notes are 




XIV 



MERE MENTION. 



read afterwards. Such things as these 
can be obtained reasonably at J. A. Roys', 
89 Woodward avenue, Detroit. 

ORANGEMEN'S PARADE. 

This excursion will not be in Montreal 
on the 12th of July, the annual parade 
day of the Society of Orangemen. If any 
of the party wish to be present at this, 
they will have to defer their trip to the 
Mountains for a few days We spend a 
few hours here on our first arrival, the af- 
ternoon of the 10th, and do not return till 
the 18th. 

OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE. 

The resolute intention of every excur- 
sionist will doubtless be, on starting, to 
preserve a strict conservatism, and to 
make no acquaintances among the other 
members of the party. The prediction is 
a safe one that this idea will be somewhat 
modified before the return. The first day 
this rigid decorum may be maintained, 
and probably will be. The second day it 
will suffer invasion at divers and sundry 
inevitable places. The third day, at the 
Mountains, there will begin to be felt 
that community of interest that always 
exists on a long voyage. This contagion 
will be spread during the succeeding 
days, by a natural and irresistible law of 
its own, until there will finally be an un- 
expressed understanding that will be 
akin to an offensive and defensive alli- 
ance. 

PORTMANTEAU AND SHAWL STRAP. 

One of the handiest and most conveni- 
ent articles a tourist can secure is the 
combination illustrated above. Last year 
the manager of the excursion had no 
other baggage, and was well accommodat- 
ea, as the portmanteau was large enough 
for collars, cuffs, brush, comb, razor and 



towels, while in the shawl straps were 
rolled a spring overcoat, blanket and 
duster; the whole forming a light, com- 
pact and convenient parcel. It is as ele- 




.■ : :.t'u-i-- 



gant as a $10 satchel, more convenient 
and equally adapted for ladies or gentle- 
man. It will be sent to any address on 
receipt of $2.00. Address (with P. O. or- 
der) the manager of the excursion, W. II. 
lb-Parley, 65 Shelby street, Detroit. Mich., 
and the goods will be sent by first ex- 
press. 

TIME VARIATIONS. 

Owing to difference in longitude the 
true time will be found to be faster or 
slower than Detroit time, in proportion to 
the distance east or west of this city. 
The following table has been calculated 
for the convenience of those going on the 
excursion : 

Buffalo, N. Y.— Fast 16 minutes. 

Boston, Mass.— Fast 47 minutes and 56 seconds. 

Chicago, 111.— Slow 18 minutes. 

Cinnclnnati, Ohio. — Slow ti minutes. 

Cleveland, Ohio. — Fast 5 minutes. 

Gorham N.H.— Fasi 47 minutes and 35 seconds. 

Grand Rapids, Mich.— Slow 11 minutes. 

Xingston.Ont.— Fast 25 minutes and 30 seconds. 

Montreal. — Fast 87 minutes and 59 seconds. 

Milwaukee. Wis— Slow 20 minutes. 

Niagara Falls, Ont.— Fast 16 minutes and 12 
seconds. 

New York City.— Fast .36 minutes. 

Toronto, Out.— Fast 14 minutes and 38 seconds. 

i oledo, Ohio. — Slow 3 minutes. 

Quebec— Fast 47 minutes and 22 seconds. 

Portland, Maine. — Fast 51 minutes an I 12 sec- 
onds. 



MERE MENTION. 



H 



EADQUARTERS for the excursion 
while in Detroit will be at the 

BRUNSWICK HOTP^L, 

Corner of Griswold and State. The Cass 
avenue street cars, that leave the depot 
every five minutes, pass the door. 

Those desiring livery while at Detroit 
may obtain the best in the city at 

CASE'S LIVERY STABLE, 

No. 40 Larned street west. This stable 
is connected by telephone with the Bruns- 
wick. 

No one should start east on the excur- 
sion until he has selected some one or 
more of the 



BOOKS FOR SUMMER READING 

Advertised by J. A. Roys, 89 Woodward 
avenue. 

Several of the best engravings in this 
book were executed by the 

WESTERN ENGRAVING COMPANY 

Of Detroit, and fairly illustrate the ex- 
cellence possible in wood engraving. 

Several admirable sketches have been 
prepared for this edition by 

ROBERT HOPKIN, 

A Detroit artist. They appear on pages 
48, 44. 52, 53, 55 and 56. The title page 
was also prepared by him, and represents 
the view from the piazza of the Glen 
House. 



SIDE-TRIPS. 



XV 



Dewey's Ice Cream, Oyster and Refresh- 
ment Parlors, Cor. Woodward and Adams 
Aves., is the only Ladies' Restaurant in 
Detroit. Ice Cream and Ices are fur- 
nished for Parties, Weddings, etc., and 
entire Suppers served. Catering in all its 
branches. Everything furnished guaran- 



teed to be of the very best material.— 
W>i. H. Dewey, Manager. 

All credit for the typographical appear- 
ance of this book is due to the Michigan 
Christian Herald Publishing House, 
Detroit. The work compares favorably with 
the best that can be obtained in the city. 



SIDE-TRIPS. 



F 



OUR side-trips have been arranged, 
the price for which will be extra. 

TilE FIRST 

Is from Groveton Junction to the Summit 
of Mt. Washington, and is described on 
page 37. The price will be $5 00. 

THE SECOND 

Is from Portland, Maine, by steamer on 
the Atlantic Ocean to Boston, and return 
by Boston & Maine R. R , stopping over at 
Old Orchard Beach. This route ordi- 
narily costs $5.50. A special rate of $4.0C 
has been obtained for the round trip. 
For further particulars read pages 49 to 
53. 

THE THIRD 

Is one of the cheapest and most profitable 
that can be found on the continent, being 
none other than a two days' trip (stated 
elsewhere inadvertantly as three days') 
by steamer from Quebec to, and up the fa- 



mous Saguenay River to Ha Ha Bay and 
return. The price for this side-trip has 
been arranged for, at the very low 
low figure of $10, which includes all meals 
and state room. Full particulars are given 
on pages 57 and 58. 

thp: fourth and last. 

On the return trip, arrangements have 
been made to stop over at Montreal and 
"run" down to Saratoga and back. This 
route, which is fully described on pages 
58 to 61, will cost $12.75 (and not $12.50 as 
stated on page 58). This side-trip will be 
found a fitting finale to the Grand Excur- 
sion. 

tickets for the side-trips. 

Will not be sold in advance, nor to any 
one but those holding the general excur- 
sion tickets. Full information as to when 
and where to obtain these tickets are 
given in connection with the descriDtions. 



SUMMER RESORTS. 
GOOD PLACES TO SPEND THE SUMMER. 



The Evening News will by sent regu- 
larly to the following popular summer 
resorts during July and August, and will 
be kept on file in their reading rooms, for 
the convenience of Michigan guests, who 
desire to obtain home news: 

Boston, Brunswick Hotel. 

Bethlehem, N. H Maplevvood Hotel. 

Bethlehem, N. H Sinclair House. 

Caconna, Canada, St. Lawrence Hall. 

Frt.nconia, N. H Goodnow House. 

Island Pond, Vt., Island Pond House 

Jefferson, N . H VVaumbek House. 

Lake George,.. Fort William Heur> Hotel. 

Littleton N. II Thayer's Hotel 

Manhattan Beach, N. Y Grand Hotel. 

Montreal, Windsor Hotel 

Montreal Ottawa Hotel. 

Niagara Falls International Hotel. 

Niagara Falls Cataract House. 

Niagara Falls Clifton House. 

Old Orchard Beacli . ... . . .Ocean House. 

Old Orchard Beach. . .Old Orchard House. 



Plattsburg, N. Y Forquet House. 

Portland , Me Cape Cottage. 

Portland, Me Falmouth House. 

Plymouth, N. H. . .Pemigewassett House. 

Put-in-Bay Beebe House. 

Quebec Russell House. 

Quebec St. Louis Hotel. 

Saratoga Congress Hall. 

Saratoga Grand Union Hotel. 

Saratoga United States Hotel. 

Thousand Islands Crossman House. 

Thousand Islands. Thousand Islandllouse. 

Toronto Queen's Hotel. 

Toron to Rossin House. 

White Mountains Alpine House. 

White Mountains Crawford House. 

White Mountains Fabyan House 

White Mountains Flume House. 

White Mountains Glen House. 

White Mountains Profile House. 

White Mountains Summit House. 

White Mountains, Twin Mountain House. 
Wolf borough, N. H Pavilion House. 






-"#£*§©! N D E X.©®^"" 



PAGE. 

American Institute of Instruction 37 

Alexandria Bay 28 

Au Sable Chasm •>9-'j , , l 

Beauport 56 

Beauharnois 30 

Bethel £> 

Berlin Falls <*° 

Boston 49 

Bryant's Pond 45 

Boston & Maine R. R 48,52 

Brock ville 28 

Canada Southern Railway 22 

Canals of the St. Lawrence 29 

Cascade Rapids 30 

Caugunawaga 31 

Cedars |JJ 

Cedar Rapids 30 

Chimney Island 29 

Clayton 28 

Cornwall ™ 

Coteau du Lac 3° 

Detroit \' 

Detroit River 21 

Evening News Monument 44 

Falmouth 46 

Falls of Montmorenci. 5b 

Gallop Rapids 29 

Ganauoque 28 

Gilead ™ 

Glens Falls «o 

Glen Ellis Falls 45 

Grand Trunk R. R 2, ,34 

Groveton ^J 

Gorham 38 

Island Pond . 37 

Kingston -' 



Lachine 

Lachine Rapids ., 
Lake f'hamplain 

Lake George 

Lake St. Francis 

Lake St. Louis 

Lake Ontario. 



PAGE. 

.... 30 

.... 31 

....' 59 

.... 59 

30 

.... 30 

.... 26 



Long Sault Rapids 29 

Montreal 32 

Morrisburg 29 

Mi. Washington 39 

Niagara... * 26 

Niagara Kails 24 

Ogdensburg 2S 

Old Orchard Beach 52 

Peabody River 38 

Point Levi 54 

Portland 46 

Portland Harbor 47 

Portland Steam Packet Co 49 

Prescott 28 

Quebec 54 

Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co 28 

Saratoga 58 

Saguenay 57 

Split Rock Rapids 30 

Stark Water 37 

St. Regis 30 

The Thousand Islands 28 

Toronto 26-61 

Victoria Bridge 31-36,58 

Waddingtou 29 

West Milan 38 

West Paris 45 

Windmill Point 29 

White Mountains 39 




The BRUNSWICK, 

HODGE BROS. Proprietors. 

COR. GRISWOLD AND STATE STS, 




Centrally Located. First Class in all re- 
spects. Baths and Electric Bells. 
Elevator and all Modern 
Conveniences. 



RATES, $2 00, $2 50 and $3.00 PER DAY. 



E. H. HUDSON, Manager 

Those arriving at the Michigan Central railroad depot foot of Third St., should^^^ 
take the Central Market, Cass Ave. and Third St. Horse cars, as they run past the cZ5& 
door of the Brunswick. 



A SUMMER'S VACATIOt 



Third Season. 

Cool Northern Route. 

Distance 2,000 miles. 



W. H. BREARLEY, 

DETROIT, MICH. 



( Leaves Detroit July 

Time 14 or 45 Days, 

( Round Trip, JS2 5.00. 



THE OLDEST CITY IN THE WEST. 

cation of several In- 
dian villages. It was 
first visited by t h e 
French, in 1610, and re- 
mained in possession 
of that nationality un- 
til 1762 The first le- 
gitimate settlement 
was made in 1701, when 
Antoine de la Motte 
Cadillac erected Fort 
Fontchartrain, the nu- 
cleus of the present 
city, naming the place 
D'Etroit (tlie strait) — 
hence Detroit— and be- 
came first governor of 
the territory. This fort 
was simply a square 
stockade with block- 
house corners, the 
northwest corner of 
which must have been 
very near the site of 
the front of the pres- 
ent Michigan Ex- 
change hotel, corner of 
Jefferson avenue and 
Shelby street. It orig- 
inally occupied but 
about the space of one 
of the present city 
squares, but was doub- 
led in size about 1750, 
when the governor's 
house occupied the site 
on which now stands 
the First National 
Bank, corner of Jeffer- 
son avenue and Gris- 
wold street. In 1763 
the British took pos- 
session, and soon had 
ETROIT, the oldest city in the West, , trouble with the Indians, who had been on 
as well as the commercial metropo- quite friendly terms with the French. Of 




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PONTIAC TREE, DETROIT. 



D 



lis and largest city of Michigan, con- 
taining 130,000 inhabitants, is beautifully 
situated on the Detroit river,18 miles from 
Lake Erie and 7 miles from Lake St. 
Clair. Its eventful history and rapid devel- 
opment since the war make it a place well 
worthy the tourist's study and inspection. 

HISTORICAL. 

Upon its discovery by white men. the 
site now occupied by Detroit was the lo- 



the several tribes in the vicinity— Potta- 
wottamies, Wyandots and Ottawas— Pon- 
tiac, an Ottawa, was chief. His home 
was on Peach Island, near the Canada 
shore just above Belle Isle. Concluding 
that the British were inimical to his race, 
he decided to attack Detroit, and in July, 
1763, was ready for business, and located 
with his warriors at Parent Creek, or 
Bloody Run. The garrison made a sortie < 



DETROIT. 



however, and advanced to attack the In- 
dians. The latter lay in ambush, and 
when the Bloody Kan bridge was reached 
opened a deadly fire that laid many of the 
attacking party low in death and drove 
the remainder back to the fort; entailing 
a loss to the British of 25 killed and 38 
wounded. The only living witness of this 
bloody scene is the " Pontiac Tree," which 
may be seen to-day, old and scarred, on 
the Michigan Stove Company's grounds, 
in the Bloody Run hollow, a little to the 
right of Jefferson avenue going eastward, 
and about two miles from the center of 
the city: passed regularly by the Jeffer- 
son avenue street cars. In 1778 the Brit- 




OLD PEAR TREES. 

ish built fort Shelby on the site now oc- 
cupied by Whitney's Opera House, corner 
Fort and Shelby streets . 

The American flag first waved over De- 
troit in 1796, when the fort and town 
were evacuated by the British under the 
Jay treaty, and taken possession of by 
Capt. Potter of Gen.Wayne's command. It 
remained in American hands until Hull's 
surrender to Gen. Brock, Aug. 16, 1812 ; 
but the British only held it about 13 



months, for on Sept. 28, 1813, the Ameri- 
cans under Gen. McArthur again floated 
their flag from the fort staff, since which 
time it has continued American, Michigan 
being admitted as a state in 1837, with 
Detroit as the capital, which it remained 
until the removal of the capital to Lan- 
sing, in 1847. The rear part of the pres- 
ent High School building served as the 
old State House. 

OLD PEAR TREES. 

The French soldiers who came over 
witli Cadillac about the year 1700, brought 
pear seeds from Normandy, and planted 
them along the river front where they 
afterwards grew to be 
shade trees for the old 
French homesteads. All 
but a few of these vener- 
able landmarks have been 
removed to make way for 
building improvements. 

THE DETROIT OF TO-DAY 

Will be a revelation to 
the tourist who has not 
visited the city for a dec- 
ade or two. Its growth, 
especially during the past 
20 years, has been wonder- 
ful . In that time it has 
H about tripled its popula- 
tion by a natural, steady 
growth, not stimulated 
by any excitement, but 
accruing to the city be- 
cause of its solid worth. 
The river at this point is 
about five-eighths of a 
mile wide, and on the op- 
posite side is the Canadi- 
an city of Windsor, two 
miles below which is the 
old town of Sandwich, 
while two miles above is 
Walker ville, which takes 
its name from a leading 
distiller who has his 
grain-destroying factory 
located there. The harbor 
is really the most perfect 
on the whole chain of 
lakes. 

As a commercial center 
Detroit ranks high, with 
her nearly a dozen lines 
of railroads centering 
here, and with others of 
large importance about to be brought 
to her to connect her with the great 
Southwest. There are but two great de- 
pots, however— at the foot of Third street 
and at the foot of Brush street— although 
of late, so far has the city spread, passen- 
ger depots \% miles out Grand River ave- 
nue and two miles out Woodward ave- 
nue, bave been found of great conven- 
ience. The State of Michigan is tapped 
in all directions by roads leading to De- 



DETROIT. 



J 9 



troit, and great through lines pass their 
immense traffic ocean ward through her 
confines. 

Detroit is also emphatically a city of 
homes. Possibly no other city— not even 
Philadelphia— possesses as great a num- 
ber of people, in proportion to its popula- 
tion, who own their own homes, and sit 
under their own vine and fig tree, as De- 
troit. And such homes 
— n o cramped u p, 
crowded blocks, but 
substantial, indepen- 
dent buildings, with 
plenty of light and air, 
and little bits of green 
about them to bright- 
en and cheer the in- 
mates. 

The principal build- 
ings are : The CityHall, 
of which every De- 
troiter is especially 
proud; a massive 
building of Italian 
style, covering a 
ground area of 200x90 
feet, and 180 feet in 
height to the top of the 
central tower; built at 
a cost of $600,000, and 
without jobbery, else 
it would have cost 
much more. Two 
handsome opera hous- 
es — the Detroit, situ- 
ated on the Campus 
Martius, one of the 
largest and best ap- 
pointed theaters west 
of New York; and 
Whitney's, on the cor- 
ner of Fort and Shelby streets, a perfect 
bijou of a theater, and yet not so small 
after all— both arranged with every re- 
gard for the safety and comfort of the 
public. The post-office, corner of Gris- 
wold and Larned streets, in which is also 
located the custom-house. Harmonie 
Hall, a handsome building erected by the 
Harmonie society from the proceeds of a 
lottery, situated on the corner of Lafay- 
ette and Beaubien streets, and devoted to 
music and the drama, terpsichorean gath- 
erings, etc. Young Men's Hall, used for 
public gatherings, situated in the Biddle 
House block. There are also several oth- 
er sizable halls. The High School build- 
ing, corner of Griswold and State streets, 
a very handsome structure erected at a 
cost of $60,000. The Public Library build- 
ing, on Center Park, Gratiot avenue, just 
off Woodward avenue, completed at a cost 
of $125,000, and with a well-stocked li- 
brary of some 45,000 volumes, yearly in- 
creasing. 

^ Of handsome business blocks may be 
mentioned the new Chandler block and 
Chamber of Commerce building, on Jeffer- 
son Avenue ; the Moffat block, corner of 



Fort and Griswold streets ; the Mechanics' 
block, opposite the City Hall, on Griswold 
street; the Williams block, corner Cam- 
pus Martius and Michigan Grand avenue; 
the old Board of Trade, on Woodbridge 
street; the Telegraph block, corner of 
Griswold and Congress streets, and the 
Bank block, directly opposite ; the Wayne 
County Savings bank on Congress street; 




THE RUSSELL HOUSE, (FROM CITY HALL STEPS.) 

the Weber block, on Woodward avenue, 
above the Campus; and scores of others 
that might be named. 

There are also plenty of good hotel ac- 
commodations. The leading house is the 
Russell, opposite the City Hall. Then 
there are the Michigan Exchange, corner 
of Jefferson avenue and Shelby streets ; 
the Brunswick, corner of State and Gris- 
wold streets ; and the Biddle (closed at 
present, because of an eccentric owner), 
on Jefferson avenue; also, good houses in 
the Cass hotel, opposite the Third street 
depot ; the Antisdel House, on Michigan 
avenue; the Howard House, corner of 
Congress and Griswold streets; the Fin- 
ney House, and others. 

Street cars intersect the city in all 
directions. Of two lines leading from the 
depot of the Michigan Central Railroad, 
at the foot of Third street, one— the City 
Railway line— gives change-off tickets to 
passengers to take Gratiot, Michigan or 
Woodward avenue cars. And by this 
means the center of the city and the prin- 
cipal public buildings can be reached by 
it, as well as by the Cass avenue and Third 
street line. Then we have the Grand 



20 



DETROIT. 



River avenue line, the Fort street line 
through the entire length of the city, etc. 
Public and private schools abound in 
profusion and there are church accom- 
modations to suit all religions and all 
tastes. There are several leading hospi- 




tal and Foundling's Home, on Thirteenth 
street, near Grand River avenue; the 
House of Providence, an infant asylum 
and lying-in hospital, corner of Antoine 
and Elizabeth streets; the U. S. Marine 
hospital, out Jefferson avenue, etc There 
are a number of orphan asylums, the 
largest being St. Vincent's, a magniticent 
building on McDougall avenue, to the left 
of Jefferson avenue going east. Also a 
Home of the Friendless, on Warren 
avenue; deaf and dumb asylum, insane 
asylum, etc. 

Detroit is not well off in the matter of 
parks, however. There are a number of 
little grass plots scattered about the city 
and dignified by the title of park, but 
wholly unworthy the name. Linden park 
(30 acres) just outside the city limits on 
the east, is wholly unimproved as yet; 
but a new park of 18 acres, to be known 
as the Recreation park, is completed and 
•s quite handsome. Here are played the 




DETROIT OPERA HOUSE. 

base ball games, etc. It is situated to the i 
right of Woodward avenue, back of Hay- 1 
per Hospital, and is reached by the Wood- j 
ward avenue cars '' 

( >t her public works of Detroit, in which 
she takes great pride are her new A\ ater 
Works, located beyond the city limits, in 



Hamtramck, out Jefferson avenue, on the 
river bank, erected at a cost of $1,000,000, 
and well worth a visit from any tourist, 
just to see the great engine work. Also, 
the monument erected to the memory of 
the Michigan soldiers and sailors who fell 
in the war for the union, 1861-65, designed 
bv Randolph Rogers, and built of bronze 
and granite at a cost of $60,000 It stands 
55 feet high, surmounted by a colossal 
bronze allegorical statue of Michigan, 
with the various branches of the service 
illustrated by life-size bronze figures on 
four corners. Also the House of Correc- 
tion, on Russell street, erected at a cost of 
$300,000, and which has attained a nation- 
al reputation as an ably managed insti- 
tution, prisoners being sent to it from 
many states and territories. It has reach- 
ed the point of self-support, and is well 
worth a visit. 

THE CEMETERIES. 

In the matter of "silent cities'' Detroit 
is well supplied. Three large cemeteries 
are here, viz: Elm wood, Mt. Elliott, 
(Catholic) and Woodmere. The first two 
join each other on the eastern limits of 
the city, while the last is located on the 
river six miles below the city, and is 
accessible by carriage road or railroad. 
Woodmere, the latest, is a beautiful spot, 
and will in time be 
the leading burial 
place. The most ac- 
cessible is Elmwood, 
beautifully situated 
naturally and so em- 
bellished artificially 
as to be well worth 
a tourist's visit. The 
Fort street cars going 
eastward will take 
you directly to the 
entrance gate. Here 
ie the remains of 
Detroit's most noted 
citizens— Gen. Lewis 
Cass and others. 
Here also is the fire- 
men's lot and monu- 
ment.and many other 
monuments and 
tombstones whose in- 
scriptions will inter- 
est those who care to 
wander in the city of 
the dead. The his- 
torical Bloody Run 
passes through the 
cemetery, which is 
very handsomely laid 
out, and is well kept. 

AN OLD LANDMARK. 

A relic of interest to look at, as remind- 
in «• one of the old French days of Detroit, 
is the Campau homestead, about the only 
old landmark in the building line left in 
the citv. It is situated on Jefferson 



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STARTING EAST. 



avenue near Gris wold street, is 45x42 ft.in 
size.and built in the old French style. This 
quaint house, whose foundation was laid 
in 1750, but whose upper portion was de- 
stroyed in the great fire of 1805, and im- 
mediately restored, strikes the eye of 
every stranger visiting Detroit, standing 
as it does wedged in among the lofty busi- 
ness blocks of Jefferson avenue, with its 
upper and lowe 4 r doors, antique latches, 
and odd little windows. 

NEWSPAPERS, ETC. 

Detroit is well provided with purveyors 
of current history. Besides a score or 
two weekly, monthly, and other publi- 
cations, in English and German, it has 
two German dailies and three leading 
English dailies. The first in order of life 
and circulation is The Evening News, 
with a circulation of 22,000 copies daily, 
issued from one of the neatest newspaper 
printing offices in the country, situated on 
Shelby street, just north of Larned. Next 
comes the Free Press, Democratic, issued 
every morning, with a circulation of about 
5,000; and the Post and Tribune, Republi- 
can, issued each morning, circulation 
about 4,000. Job printing offices abound 
in all parts of the business center of the 
city, and printers' ink may be said to be 
generally appreciated by Detroiters. 

DIRECTIONS TO SIGHT-SEERS. 

The best comprehensive view of De- 
troit can be obtained by ascending to the 
City Hall tower and using a good field-glass. 
The broad avenues, lined with shade- 
trees ; the splendid harbor, and the islands 
in the river; Fort Wayne, on the river be- 
low the city ; and points of interest for 
several miles about, can be taken in at a 
glance in this manner. To those who 
have more time, however, and who care 
to "take in" more of the beauties of De- 
troit, a drive under care of an intelligent 
and obliging hackman (and there are such 
in Detroit, if you keep your eyes open for 
them) will be best. You can tell him to 
lay out the pleasantest route to such 
points of interest enumerated here as 
you care to visit, and make your bargain 
with him before starting. A party of 
four may enjoy this luxury for $1.00 an 
hour. Or you can go to the District Tele- 



graph office, on Congress street, corner of 
Griswold, and order a coupe after having 
a route laid out, and indulge in this for 
60 cents an hour. A coupe carries two 
persons. Or yet again, you can secure the 
aid of the obliging hotel clerk to lay you 
out a route, and order a carriage or coupe 
from the hotel. In fact there is no end of 
ways by which the tourist.having a day or 
two in Detroit, can profitably fill in his 
time at sight-seeing at reasonable rates. 

In the summer season cheap excursions 
by water abound . You can go to St. Clair 
Flats to fish for 50 cents the round trip; 
to Put-in-Bay Island (the scene of Perry's 
resting place after his victory on Lake 
Erie in 1813), for $1 the round trip; to 
the Sandwich mineral springs, to Wyan- 
dotte white sulphur springs, to Mt. 
Clemens mineral springs, and various 
other points— all for merely nominal sums. 
The Detroit River is about 25 miles long, 
and from five-eighths to one mile wide, 
abounding in places for picknicking and 
pleasuring. A fine summer resort on 
Grosse Isle (the Alexander House) is in 
daily communication by boat during the 
summer, at cheap fare, and the evenings 
are lively with moonlight excursions. 

LEAVING DETROIT. 

The Evening News excursion will 
leave Detroit.July 7th, at 11 :10 p.m. by the 
Canada Southern Railroad from the depot 
at the foot of Third street. Those who 
prefer to go alone can use the excursion 
tickets and follow on any regular train 
the next day. 

Sleeping car accommodations from De- 
troit to Niagara are $2.00 per berth or 
$4.00 per section. Two can occupy a berth, 
if they so desire, without extra expense. 

THE FIRST NIGHT. 

The route the first night is by Canada 
Southern Railroad, south to the crossing 
(by iron ferry) at Grosse Isle, thence east 
via Fort Erie, opposite Buffalo, to Clifton, 
near Niagara Falls. The approach to the 
Falls by the Canada Southern. Railroad is 
particularly fine, as may be seen by the 
accompanying map. The road runs for 
some distance on the bank of the river, 
directly overlooking the Falls. 



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A DAY AT NIAGARA. 



A DAY AT NIAGARA. 



ARRANGEMENTS have been made 
for checking hand bags at the depot, 
so that no one will be burdened dur- 
ing the day with the care of baggage. 
Little coupon tickets, good for carriage 
fare, for all day, from the depot, when 
train arrives in the morning, to the depot 
again when train leaves at 4 p. m., as well 
as for all tolls and admissions to places of 
interest about the Falls, will be for sale on 
the train by the manager of the excur- 
sion. A saving of about one-half in ex- 
pense, saying nothing about profanity, 
can be secured by purchasing these cou- 
pon tickets. They are intended to be used 
where five persons will make a party and 
take a carriage together. 










HOUSE SHOE FALLS. 



FOLLOW THE GUIDE-BOOK. 

The recommendations of this guide in 
regard to using the coupon tickets at the 
Falls, should not be disregarded. Their 
use will save a great deal of trouble, time 
and expense It is also of importance 
that the party should not scatter, but 
should all go to the International for 
breakfast, as a special price has been 
obtained, which is conditional that they 
should provide for the entire excursion 
party. 

SEEING WITHOUT SUFFERING. 

One of the greatest treats in store for 
patrons of this excursion is the provision 
made for a visit to Niagara Falls at the 
most enjoyable season of the 
year under the guidance of 
those who have been there 
so often as to be perfectly 
familiar with the best means 
of getting around and see- 
ing the most in the least 
time with the greatest possi- 
ble comfort 

A description of Niagara 
Falls that did justice to the 
subject, or was satisfactory 
to the writer, probably has 
never been written; and 
surely the limit of these 
pages cannot be expected 
to contain one. The writer 
may write, the painter may 
paint, the orator may weave 
the magic spell of his elo- 
quence, but it is all in vain 
when applied to Niagara. 
The very effort belittles the 
attempt" It cannot be done. 
Niagara must be seen, and 
once seen it can never be for- 
gotten. 

For the edification of those 
who think ©f making the 
trip with us this year we 
have caused to be prepared 
a few excellent cuts, show- 
ing the "Horse Shoe Falls," 
the " American Falls," and a 
general view of the Falls 
from that inimitable coign of 
vantage near the track of 
the Canada Southern Rail- 
road— the spot where the 
excursionists will get their 
first view of this stupend- 
ous exhibition of the Crea- 
tor's might. 



A DAY AT NIAGARA. 




GENERAL VIEW OF NIAGARA FALLS 
CORRECT MAP OF NIAGARA RIVER. 

These are supplemented by an excel- 
lent outline map of the river and the sur- 
rounding places. It gives a better idea of 
the situation than any description could, 
and is mathematically correct, being a 
fac simile of the U. S Coast Survey map 
executed a few years 
ago under the or- 
ders of Gen. Com- 
stock of the U. S. 
Engineers. 

The Evening 
News excursion will 
arrive at Niagara at 
about 9 a. m. on the 
day after leaving 
Detroit. Will leave 
the cars at the Can- 
ada Southern depot 
immediately west of 
the Falls, and will 
find carriages await- 
ing to convey them 
across the river by 
the new suspension 
bridge to the Inter- 
national Hotel. Af- 
ter breakfast, if we 
choose to avail our- 
selves of the man- 
ager's carefully se 
lected route, we will 
go to Prospect Park, 
which will include a 
ride down the in- 
clined railroad to the 
foot of the Ameri- 
can Falls, and after 
viewing the Falls 
from below, the line 



FROM THE CANADA SOUTHERN R. R. 

of march will be resumed toward Goat 
Island, where the grand panorama of rap- 
ids and falls will be brought to view. 
Next we will be driven to Whirlpool Rap- 
ids on the American side ; thence back as 
far as the lower suspension bridge and 
across to Canada again and up the bank 
of the river, past the Horse Shoe Falls, to 




AMERICAN FALLS. 



26 



CROSSING LAKE ONTARIO. 



the famous and wonderful Burning 
Springs. From this weird locality, with 
its suggestive blue lights fresh from the 
regions of the nether world, we will re- 
turn, cross the river again at the upper or 
new suspension bridge for dinner at the 
International, and then, well paid for our 
visit to Niagara, and with the inner man 
well refreshed, we will return to the de- 
pot and wing our way toward the rising 
sun and the sea shore again. 

Niagara is by no means the highest 
waterfall in the world, but it is beyond 
all peradventure the grandest and most 
sublime, as no other fall carries over it 
such an immense volume of water. Care- 
ful hydrographic measurements made by 
the most expert engineers in the employ 
of the government show that about 2,000,- 
000 tons of waterier minute go over the 
"American " and " Horse Shoe Falls," and 
if the reader of this little book desires to 
sentimentalize over what he imagines 
Niagara Falls to be like, the above figures 
will serve as a warp to be filled in by the 
magic weaving of his imagination. 



ed from the French by the English, in 
1759 and was the scene/also, of many con- 
flicts between the whites and Indians. 

STEAMER CHICORA. 

The "bridge" upon which the excursion 
will cross Lake Ontario, has been espe- 
cially prepared for this passenger route. 
She is 230 feet long and built of iron and 
steel in the strongest and most substan- 
tial manner for ocean service. And, as 
the hull is divided by iron bulkheads into 
five water-tight compartments— a precau- 
tion unusual in any lake steamers — 
strength and safety, the first requisites of. 
a passenger steamer, are completelv se- 
cured. 

The steamer was built for, and did ser- 
vice as a blockade runner, and exhibits a 
little relic in the shape of the bell, now 
hanging in front of the wheel-house.upon 
which is to be read the former name of 
the Chicora, "Let Her B." 

Supper will be served on board, on the 
"European plan." It is expected that 
plans for the sleepers on the Grand 




STEAMER CHICORA. 



LEAVING NIAGARA FALLS. 

Resuming seats in the Canada Southern 
Railroad cars, a short run of about eight- 
een miles, and the shore of Lake On- 
tario, at the little old town of Niagara, is 
reached. Midway in this short ride a fine 
monument, 194 feet in height, will be no- 
ticed to the right (east), marking the spot 
where General Isaac Brock was killed, 
Oct. 13th, 1812, during the battle of 
Queenstown. It will be remembered that 
General Hull surrendered Detroit to Gen- 
eral Brock on the 10th of August of the 
same year. The monument can be as- 
cended by a spiral staircase inside 

NIAGARA 

Is one of the oldest towns in Ontario and 
was formerly the capital of the Province. 
It is situated at the mouth of Niagara 
River (the Canada Southern cars will be 
exchanged at this point for the steamer 
Chicora)." Old Fort Niagara on the "A- 
meiioan" (United States; side was cantur- 



Trunk Railroad will be on board the 
steamer and that berths can be secured 
while crossing the lake. 

LAKE ONTARIO 

Is the smallest of the chain of the "Great 
Lakes," being 180 miles long by 35 miles 
wide, but is far from uninteresting, at 
least to the Indians, who gave it a name 
which means beautiful. It is not so sub- 
ject to storms or change of temperature 
as the shallower lakes, on account of its 
great depth, the average being about 500 
feet. The excursion will cross the lake 
from Niagara to Toronto in the afternoon 
of July 8th. 

TORONTO. 



The view of this city from the water is 
very fine indeed, and its buildings and 
wharves show to the best advantage. The 
landing will be at the depot of the Grand 
Trunk R. R. 

Toronto was founded by Governor 



TORONTO AND KINGSTON. 



27 




CITY OF TORONTO. 



Simcoe, in 1794, and was the capital of 
Upper Canada till 1841. Everything in it 
of importance, however, besides the name, 
which at that time was "York," was burn- 
ed by United States troops in 1813. Its 
present population is about 70,000. and it 
ranks second in Canada in commercial 
importance. The finest hotel in this city 
is the Queen's, which is first-class in all 
its appointments. 

THE GRAND TRUNK R. R. 

Is first reached by the excursion at Toron- 
to. This road is in superb condition, 
having 1,053 miles of track laid with steel 
rails, and 337 with iron rails, upon which 
an army of workmen are constantly em- 
ployed, so that it can never become seri- 
ously out of order. 

The immense cost of building and main- 
taining the road may be inferred from 
the fact that Victoria Bridge at Montreal, 
representing but two of its fourteen hun- 
dred miles, cost over $7,000,000 in gold, to 
build, and costs a small fortune yearly to 
keep in repair. 

The stock of the road is owned and con- 
trolled in England, but the general Cana- 
dian office is at Montreal. 

The locomotives and passenger coaches 
are not excelled by any road in America, 
and, as all trains are run by telegraph, ac- 
cidents seldom occur. 

For summer pleasure travel this road is 
unexcelled, for it should be remembered 
that much of this route is as far north as 
Lake Superior, and equally as cool for 
summer travel. This road has four ter- 
minations, viz: Quebec, Portland, Buf- 
falo and Detroit. 



MAKING A NIGHT OF IT. 



The seven hours' night ride of 161 miles 
from Toronto to Kingston will be spent 
in the traveler's " home "—a Pullman 
sleeper — in faithful imitation of the his- 
torical seven. The scenery that is lost 
during the night will be found again, 
when, on the return trip, this part of the 
route will be passed in the daytime. 

KINGSTON 

Is reached at about 3 A. m., but those oc- 
cupying sleeping cars, will not be dis- 
turbed, as the cars will be backed down a 
! side track and left standing near the 
dock until the arrival of the steamer 
J from Toronto, which will stop long 
j enough to take the excursion aboard, be- 
\ fore resuming her course down the St. 
; Lawrence River. Kingston is 392 miles 
from Detroit and 172 miles from Mon- 
treal which, latter place, could be reach- 
ed, by those preferring to continue on the 
Grand Trunk Railroad, by 8 o'clock A. M. 
The tickets being good, for the railroad or 
steamer, at the holder's option. 

The city of Kingston, which has a pop- 
ulation of 15,000, was founded in 1672, by 
Governor DeCourcelles, receiving the 
name of Fort Cataraqui. Later, a mas- 
sive stone fort was built by Count De- 
! Frontenac, and received his name. In 
1762 the place was taken by the British, 
who gave it its present name. As a place 
of defence it stands next in strength to 
Quebec. The batteries of Fort Henry are 
calculated for the reception of numerous 
cannon and mortars of the largest calibre. 
These, together with neighboring martel- 
lo towers, form a formidable and efficient 



A DAY ON THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER. 



defense against any aggressive movement 
which might be directed against the city. 
These fortifications are seen to excel- 
lent advantage from the steamer soon af- 
ter it leaves the dock. The steamer 
which will be taken belongs to the 

RICHELIEU & ONTARIO NAVIGATION CO., 

Who own eight passenger steamers upon 
the St Lawrence River. The company 
have their main office at 228 St. Paul St., 
Montreal. J. B Lamere is general man- 
ager, and Alex. Milloy, traffic manager. 
Six steamers, (the Corsican, Spartan, Cor- 
inthian, Passport, Algerian and Magnet) 
are engaged on the route between Toron- 
to and' Montreal. The other two steam- 
ers of this company alternate between 
Montreal and Quebec, being named after 
these two cities. 

Breakfast and dinner will be served on 
board the steamer, tickets for which can 
be secured at the office of the purser on 
the lower deck for 50 cents each. 

THE THOUSAND ISLANDS 

Is the most numerous collection of river 
islands in the world. It commences a lit- 
tle above Kingston, and stretches down 
the river between 40 and 50 miles, for 
which distance the St. Lawrence is be- 
tween 6 and 12 miles wide. Notwith- 
standing their nan I-, the number of these 
islands far exceeds a thousand; there be- 
ing 

AT least 1,500. 

They lie partly in Canada, and partly 
within the bounds of the State of New 
York; the boundary line between the 
United States and Canada dividing them 
into about equal parts. Nowhere in the 
world is a more beautiful scene presented 
to the eye of the traveler than here. As 
the steamboat is piloted through the in- 
tricate channels, dodging here and there 
among the islands, showing each moment 
new and ever-varying beauties, the scene 
is 

BEAUTIFUL beyond description. 

Islands of all sizes and shapes are scatter- 
ed in profusion throughout the waters; 
some covered with vegetation, others 
bare and ragged rocks ; some many acres 
in extent, others measuring but a few 
feet; some showing a bare, bald head, a 
little above the level of the water, while, 
a short distance off, a large island or 
rock, crowned with a considerable growth 
of pine or cedar will rise abruptly out of 
the water, to the height, probably, of 100 
feet or more. These islands, too, have 
been the scene of 

MOST EXCITING ROMANCE. 

From their great number, and the laby- 
rinth-like channels among them, they af- 
forded an admirable retreat for the insur- 



gents in the last Canadian insurrection' 
and for the American sympathizers with 
them, who, under the name of "patriots," 
sought to embarrass the British Govern- 
ment. 

THE FIRST TOWN 

On the right passed after leaving Kings- 
ton, is Clayton. This village is situated 
on the American side, opposite the 
"Thousand Islands," and was formerly of 
considerable importance as a lumber sta- 
tion. Opposite Clayton, on the Canadian 
side, is Gananoque, which is a flourishing 
town of about 3,000 inhabitants, and has 
become quite a favorite resort for tourists 
and pleasure seekers. The beauty of the 
islands and river, as_,seen from this point, 
cannot be surpassed. 

ALEXANDRIA BAY 

Is the next place to the right after leav- 
ing Clayton, and is romantic and highly 
picturesque. It is a place of resort for 
sportsmen. Some two or three miles be- 
low the village is a position from whence 
one hundred islands can be seen at one 
view. This place also is celebrated for 
its fishing and shooting. The beauty of 
the islands in this vicinity for several 
miles up and down the river can hardly 
be imagined without a personal visit. In 
the summer of 1872 President Grant and 
family and a party of their friends visit- 
ed Alexandria Bay as the guests of Mr. 
Geo. M. Pullman, who owns one of the 
pleasantest islands of the group. 

The large hotel at the head of the bay, 
to the right of the steamer, is the Thou- 
sand Island House, and just below it is 
the Crossman House. 

BROCKVILLE 

Is so named in honor of General Brock, 
who fell in battle at Queenstown Heights, 
in 1812. It might have appropriately been 
named Rock-\il\e, as its appearance makes 
plausible the statement, that here there 
are but two seasons of the year, eight 
months of ice and four months of rock. 
The excursion will pass during the rock 
season. 

OGDENSBURG, 

The next place of interest on the 'Ameri- 
can" side, was founded in 1748 by Abbe. 
Francois Piquet but its fort, "La Presen- 
tation," was captured by the Mohawk In- 
dians, in October, 1749. It has a popula- 
tion of 8 000 and is a beautiful and 
wealthy city, with wide streets and fine 
public buildings. 

PRESCOTT 

Is immediately opposite Ogdensburg, and 
connected with it by a steam ferry. It 
contains about 3,000 inhabitants, and pre- 
vious to the opening of the Rideau Canal, 
was a place of importance in the carrying 
trade between Kingston and Montreal. A 






SHOOTING THE RAPIDS. 



2Q 



railroad has recently been built, which ex- 
tends from Ottawa City to Prescott, and 
there connects the Ottawa River with the 
St. Lawrence. 

WINDMILL POINT, 

About a mile below Prescott, at a place 
called "Windmill Point," is a lighthouse, 
recently constructed from the stone of an 
old windmill, which for many years was 
one of the principal landmarks on the 
river. Its foundations are still to be seen. 
In the old building, in 1837. the rebels 
under Von Schulz, a Polish exile, estab- 
lished themselves, and were only dislodg 
ed after a most obstinate resistance, in 
which they .suffered severe loss. 

CHIMNEY ISLAND. 

Six miles below Windmill 
Point, is ChimtiMy Island, on 
which the remains of an old 
French fortification are to 
be seen. 

GALLOP RAPIDS, 

Which is about one mile be- 
low Chimney Island, is the 
first and smallest rapid on 
the river; in the phraseology 
of the "Phat boy," it is "a 
little one for a cent." 

WADDINGTON 

Is the next town on the 
American side; and in the 
river over against it is Ogden 
Island. On the Canada side 
is Morrisburg, formerly call- 
ed West Williamsburg. It 
is called the Port of 
Morristown, and contains 
about two hundred in- 
habitants. A short dis- 
tance below Morristown, on 
the Canada side, is Chrysler's Farm, 
where, in 1813 a battle was fought be- 
tween the English and the Americans. 
The Americans were commanded by Gen- 
eral Wilkinson, and were at that time de 
scending the river to attack Montreal. 
The attempt was afterwards abandoned. 
Thirty miles below Ogdensburg is Louis- 
ville from whence stages run to Messena 
Springs, a popular summer resort, distant 
seven miles. 

THE CANALS. 

Passing Morrisburg, Aultsville and Far- 
ren's Point on the Canadian shore, we ar- 
rive at Dickinson's Landing, the head of 
the Cornwall canal. This canal, twelve 
miles in length, was built to avoid the 
Long Sault Rapids. The following is a 
statement of the various canals, the num- 
ber of locks in each and their descent in 
feet: 



NAMES. 



Miles Locks L.Ft 



Gallops Canal 2 

Point Iroquois Canal 3 

Rapid Piatt Canal 4 

Farren's Point Canal :, 4 

Cornwall Canal, Long Sault... 11)| 

Beauharnois Canal, Cottau 7 

Cedars, Split Rock, Cascade 

Rapids 11' 4 

Lachine Canal, Lacnine Rap- 
ids 

Fall on portions of the St. 
Lawrence between canals 
from Lake Ontario to Mon- 
treal 

From Montreal to the tidei 
water at Three Rivers 



11 



»V 2 



11-6 
4 



82-6 
44-9 



2345 



All of the passenger steamers and part 




SHOOTING THE RAPIDS. 

of the freight craft " run " the rapids go- 
ing down, but everything has to pass 
through the canals going up. 

LONG SAULT RAPIDS, 

The first of a remarkable series, which 
are almost continuous for a distance of 
nine miles, have an average velocity of 
20 miles an hour. An island in the mid- 
dle divides the rushing waters into two 
channels— the American channel and the 
"Lost" (Canadian) channel: a name given 
to it by the French boatmen, as they sup- 
posed that if a boat drifted into it, it 
would certainly be lost. Formerly the 
American or East Channel was mostly 
run by steamers, but of late the Lost 
Channel is mostly used. This channel 
presents a grand appearance, the water 
being lashed into a white foam for sever- 
al miles. The passage on the southern 
channel is very narrow, and such is the 
velocity of the current, that a raft, it is 



30 



LAKES AND RAPIDS. 



said, will drift the nine miles in forty 
minutes. When a steamer enters within 
their influence, the steam is partly shut 
off and the engine slowed down to enahle 
the pilot to keep her in the proper course, 
which is here very narrow. Great nerve, 
strength and skill are necessary to pilot 
the vessel, and several men are required 
at the wheel, and a tiller is attached to 
the rudder, itself, so that the tiller can be 
manned as well as the wheel. It requires 
four men at the wheel and two at the til- 
ler to ensure safe steering. " One of the 
most singular sensations we experienc- 
ed," says a distinguished traveler, " was 
that of sailing many miles perceptibly 
down hill." This going down hill by wa- 
ter produces a highly novel sensation, 
which is enhanced by the tremendous 
roar of the headlong, boiling current. 
The first passage of a steamer down these 
rapids was in 1840 This fall is compara- 
tively described by the " phat boy " as be- 
ing "to for a cent." 

CORNWALL, 

At the foot of Long Sault, on the Canada 
side, is a neat little town of about 5,000 
inhabitants and contains some of the 
largest cotton and woolen mills in Cana- 
da. 

ST. REGIS 

Is an old Indian village, a little below 
Cornwall, on the south side of the river 
The tourist will observe from the deck of 
the steamer the old church, lifting its tin 
roof above the neighboring houses. The 
bell hanging in this church is associated 
with a deed of genuine Indian revenge. 
On its way from France it was captured 
by an English cruiser, and taken into Sa- 
lem, Massachusetts, where it was sold to 
the church at Deerfield, in the same State. 
The Indians, hearing of the destination 
of their bell, set out for Deerfield, attack- 
ed the town, killed forty-seven of the in- 
habitants and took one hundred and 
twelve captives, " among whom was the 
pastor and his family." The bell was 
then taken down and conveyed to St. Re- 
gis, where it now hangs. 

The boundary line between the United 
States and Canada passes near this vil- 
lage, and the course of the St. Lawrence 
is hereafter within Her Majesty's domin- 
ions. 

LAKE ST. FRANCIS 

Is the name of the expansion of the St. 
Lawrence which begins near Cornwall 
and St. Regis, and extends to Coteau du 
Lac, a distance of forty miles. The sur- 
face of this lake is interspersed with a 
great number of small islands. The vil- 
lage of Lancaster is situated on the north- 
ern side about midway of this lake. 

COTEAU DU LAO 

Is a small village, situated at the foot of 
Lake St . Francis. The name, as well as 



the style of the buildings, denotes its 
French origin. 

COTEAU RAPIDS 

Are just below Coteau du Lac, and fifty 
miles above Montreal. These raDids ex- 
tend two miles. 

CEDARS. 

The village presents the same marks of 
French origin as Coteau du Lac. In the 
expedition of General Amherst, a detach- 
ment of three hundred men, that were 
sent to attack Montreal, were lost in the 
rapids near this place. 

CEDAR RAPIDS 

Commence seven miles below Coteau 
Rapids and near the village of Cedars. 
The passage through these rapids is very 
exciting. There is a peculiar motion of 
the vessel, which in descending seems 
like settling down as she glides from one 
ledge to another. 

SPLIT ROCK RAPIDS 

Immediately follow, in fact they area con- 
tinuation of the Cedar Rapids In passing 
the rapids of the Split Rock, a person un- 
acquainted with the navigation of these 
rapids will almost involuntarily hold his 
breath until this ledge of rocks, which is 
distinctly seen from the deck of the steam- 
er, is passed. The rocks do not rise above 
the water, and a passage 200 feet wide has 
been opened for the passage of steamers, 
by blasting. 

CASCADE RAPIDS, 

Which are entered soon after the passage 
of the former, terminate at the head of 
Lake St. Louis, where the dark waters of 
the Ottawa, by one of its mouths, join the 
St. Lawrence- These last three rapids in 
eleven miles have a descent of 82% feet. 

BEAUHARNOIS 

Is a small village at the foot of the Cas- 
cades, on the south bank of the river. 
Here vessels, going up, enter the Beau- 
harnois Canal, and pass around the rapids 
of the Cascades, Cedars and Coteau, into 
Lake St. Francis, a distance of fourteen 
miles. Mount Royal in the rear of Mon- 
treal, 30 miles distant, can be seen at this 
point. 

LAKE ST. LOUIS. 

Below the Cascades, and where the 
Ottawa river joins it from the north, the 
river again widens into a lake called St. 
Louis. In this lake is Nun's Island, which 
is beautifully cultivated, and belongs to 
the Grey Nunnery, at Montreal. There 
are many islands in the vicinity of Mon- 
treal belonging to the different nunneries, 
and from which they derive large rev- 
enues. 

LACHINE 

Is a smallvillage at the foot of Lake St. 
Louis, nine miles from Montreal. It de- 
rived its name from the first settlers, who, 



ST. LAWRENCE RIVER. 



31 



when they reached 
this point, thought 
that they had dis- 
covered the passage 
which would lead 
them to China. The 
Lachine Rapids be- 
gin just below the 
village. 

CAUGHNAWAGA, B^ 

Lies on the south 

bank of the river 

near the entrance 

of the rapids. It is 

said that the In- _ 

dians who had been ~__ 

converted by the 

Jesuits were called 

"Caughnawagas"' or 

"praying Indians." 

Hence its name No 

one but Indians live 

inthis village.which 

consists principally 

of one -story log 

houses. Just before 

reaching Caughna- 

waga, a canoe will be seen to emerge from 

the point of land on which the village is 

situated. The canoe contains Jean Bap- 

tiste, the famous pilot, and his two 

sons. The steamer stops her machinery 

and allows the canoe to come alongside 

and the pilot is taken aboard. 

The Indian Pilot is an old grey-headed 
man of 60 odd years, but still possesses a 
splendid physique, and is "the lion of the 
hour." He wears a plaid shirt of bright 
colors and takes his post at the wheel, as 
oblivious to the notice he attracts as the 
most stolid of his race. 

LACHINE RAPIDS 

Are the last and most dangerous on the 
river, although the shortest, and are in 
sight of the city of Montreal. Before en- 
tering these rapids, the passengers are re- 
quested to sit or stand still in their places 





VICTORIA BRIDGE, MONTREAL. 



JEAN BAPTISTE, THE INDIAN PILOT, 



and to refrain from talking. The pilot 
and two assistants man the wheel and 
four men assist, in the steamer's stern, by 
handling the tiller. The steam is shut off, 
and as the steamer enters the rapids, noth- 
ing is heard but the sound of the waves 
as they dash themselves into a foam over 
the rocks. A ledge of rocks stretches 
across a portion of the channel, and for 
this the steamer is directly steered. When 
within a few yards of certain destruction 
the wheel is rapidly turned, and the boat, 
which an instant before seemed about to 
be dashed to pieces, glides gracefully past 
the reef amid the applause of the scores 
of passengers who crowd the forward 
deck. It is all intensely exhilarating. 
There is no occasion for fear of personal 
safety, as steamers have passed through 
the rapids every day of every summer for 
many years, and no lives have been lost. 

VICTORIA BRIDGE. 

The rapids all pass- 
ed the steamer sails 
under one of the 
spans of the splendid 
Victoria bridge, sur- 
prising all the passen- 
gers that neither 
smoke-stack nor mast 
is carried awav, so low 
does the bridge seem 
to the eye, from its 
great length of two 
miles. This bridge cost 
over $7,000,000 in gold. 

The traveler now 
comes in full view of 
the city of Montreal, 
the most prominent 
object being the two 
towers of the church 
Notre Dame. 



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MONTREAL. 



MONTREAL. 



0"NT arriving at Montreal, the steamer 
will enter the lock at the mouth of 
the Lachine Canal, and the gates be- 
ing closed and the water let in under- 
neath the steamer, the deck of the steam- 
er will soon rise to a level with the dock. 
A mob of hackmen will do the honors of 
your reception, and in the absence of suf- 
ficient police regulation the tourist is com- 
pelled to make quick and arbitrary selec- 
tion of the hack or carriage desired. 
Special rates have been arranged for the 
excursion at the Windsor hotel, which is 
one of the finest hotels on the continent. 
A suite of rooms will be thrown open free 
of charge, for toilet purposes, and a sump- 
tuous repast in the finest dining room in 
America will be in readiness Plans of 
the sleeping cars will be at the railroad 
ticket office in the hotel rotunda, where 
those desiring such accommodations 
should secure them. 

The train will start for the mountains 
at 9 : 45 p. m. The Windsor Hotel is about 
a mile from the steamer landing, and 
about half a mile from the Grand Trunk 
railroad depot. 

FOR MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED YEARS 

Montreal, in all her superbness of situa- 
tion for commerce and manufactures, 
languished as an outpost of Quebec. 
Founded by M. de Maissonenne in 
1649 (though "Hochelaga" had been 
discovered in 1535), and first named 
Ville Marie, Marystown, or Marys- 
ville as a modern translation would make 
it. It is one of the oldest cities on the con- 
tinent, and by the indomitable push and 
enterprise of its citizens has been made 
one of the most important. 

Montreal takes its name from the mag- 
nificent mountain hump at whose base it 
stands. The city is situated upon an 
island of the same name, at the juncture 
of the dark Ottawa with the St. Lawrence, 
and its railroad communication with the 
world is obtained by the Victoria bridge, 
the bridge at St. Anne's (both belonging 
to the Grand Trunk railway), and the 
bridges to the northwest, of the Montreal 
and Occidental railway. Of the Victoria 
bridge fuller mention will be made later. 
The population is estimated at 180,000, but 
if the suburbs of Hochelaga, St. Jean Bap- 
tiste village, St. Henri and St. Cunegorde 
be counted in, it would probably reach to 
nearly a quarter of a million. Of this 
population three-fifths are French Cana- 
dian, and the remainder of English, Irish 
and Scotch descent. It is calculated that 
there are 30,000 Irish Catholics in Mon- 
treal. 

The tourist, on reaching the city, will 
be struck, first of all, with the apparently 
endless line of 



MASSIVE STONE DOCKS. 



This mighty work, extending for mile 
after mile along the river front, from the 
colossal outlet of the Lachine Canal to 
Hochelaga, was undertaken when the 
maritime importance of the port was in 
its infancy; and it was an investment 
which has repaid itself many thousands 
of times. Before the revetment wall was 
built, the city was exposed yearly to in- 
undation on the break-up of the ice in 
the spring; the wall now forms a barrier, 
while the dock system, as a wnole, is the 
most magnificent on the continent, and 
surpassed by but two or three others on 
the globe Whole fleets of ocean steam- 
ships, arrive, discharge and load here 
every year, as do sailing vessels without 
number. Montreal obtained this great 
commerce by the energy of her citizens, 
who went to work and dug a channel 
through the flats of Lake St. Peter. Forty 
years ago it was a dangerous thing for 
ships of 300 tons to move up to Montreal. 
Now steamships of 4,000 tons steam up 
and down the channel almost every day 
in the week. 

The docks, the first mark of Montreal's 
forward movement, are indicative of the 
character of the modern city. Everything 
is on a large and generous scale. The old 
French streets near the river, which till 
1832 sufficed for all the purposes of trade 
and residence, have been abandoned to 
trade ; some as they stood a century ago, 
but others after having been pulled down 
and two or three run into one. Com- 
merce has laid its hand upon territory 
once sacred to the church, convents and 
such like, and paid terrific tribute to the 
religious communities owning the land. 
For the site of Montreal, and in fact all 
the land on the island, is the property of 
the Seminary of St. Sulpice. The land 
was granted the seminary by the King of 
France, and not a foot has the seminary 
let go except upon the church's own terms 
—never unfavorable to the church. Out- 
side of this the church owns, it is esti- 
mated, $12,000,000 worth of property with- 
in the corporate limits of Montreal. 

Ascending from the steamboat landing 
and going a short distance up town, we 
find ourselves upon a spacious avenue 
known as 

JACQUES CARTIER SQUARE, 

Which brings us at once to the heart of 
the city. The famous Notre Dame street 
runs at right angles with the square, at 
whose upper end is a monument to Lord 
Nelson. The great sea-dog is represented 
in colossal form on the top of a Tuscan 
column When the monument was erect- 
ed in 1804 it was considered a marvel of 



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art, but a different opinion is entertained 
nowadays. 

To the right we have the new city hall, 
a splendid structure recently completed 
at immense cost. It is built of gray 
Montreal stone, a hard, durable material, 
not easily worked, but presenting a fine 
appearance. A good deal remains to be 
done before the hall and its grounds may 
be regarded as fulfilling the dreams of the 
projectors of both. Immediately opposite 
is the Normal school, under the charge of 
the Roman Catholic clergy. This build- 
ing is probably the most ancient in Mon- 
treal. It was in the olden times the 
house of the governors, and possesses 
much interest to the antiquarian. Em- 
bowered in trees, the Court house, a state- 
ly edifice built upon a severely classical 
model, uplifts its majestic portico. This 
hall of justice occupies the site of the old 
jail of Montreal, and has been a costly in- 
vestment to suitors ever since its erection, 
for upon every civil action is taxed a sum 
to be applied to the court house fund. 
The rear of the court house faces upon 
the Champ de Mars (Campus Martius), or 
parade ground for the troops. It is a 
splendid elevated plain upon which 2,500 
troops might be nicely maneuvred, and 
have been, many a time, during British 
occupation. The Champ de Mars formed 
a portion of the fortifications of Montreal, 
constructed in 1758, and torn down within 
the memory of many of the present gen- 
eration. It is still a favorite drill ground. 
Slipping away from this martial ground 
we pass St. Gabriel's church, a queer old 
structure, the oldest Presbyterian church 
in Canada, erected shortly after the con- 
quest, and numbering among its congre- 
gation to-day descendants of its founders. 
Across the way are the Montreal offices of 
the local government. 

Regaining Notre Dame street, we are 
enabled to peer into some of the old 
French thoroughfares, St. Vincent street, 
for instance. Here everything is ancient 
and time-stained. The roadway is only 
about half as wide as an average Detroit 
alley, the sidewalks, a modern improve- 
ment, about a yard, perhaps less, in width. 
The houses are old, black, frowsy and for- 
bidding. Here you have on one side (on 
St. Jean Baptiste street] a blind wall ; the 
old wall of a convent which formerly ab- 
sorbed the best part of the town; here, 
you have a lot of houses whose overhang- 
ing roofs threaten to tumble upon you, 
and from whose cobwebby windows come 
whiffs of the odors of a by-gone century. 

Nearly opposite a broad descending 
avenue leading to St. Lawrence Main 
street, a great artery of retail trade, is the 
gateway leading to the chapel of the 
Nuns of the Congregation of Notre Dame. 
The good ladies had the sense to see that 
trade was coming their way, and accord- 
ly built up the front of their property in- 
to handsome stores which now yield 



splendid rents. To the right, a little fur- 
ther down, is a splendid range of stores, 
known as the "Cathedral Block," from be- 
ing erected on the sit 3 of the Anglican 
cathedral, burned down in 1834. A few 
steps now bring us to the Place d' Armes, 
an exquisite little park serving as a 
breathing place in a quadrangle of pal- 
aces. First you have, looming 221 feet in 
the air above you, the massive towers of 
the parish 

CHURCH OF NOTRE DAME, 

An immense structure with accommoda- 
tion for 8,000 worshipers easily, and 12,- 
000 at a pinch. It was commenced in 
1824, and has been building more or less 
ever since, for it is not yet finished, and 
no one knows when it will be. The in- 
terior has just undergone a gorgeous pro- 
cess of painting in the Byzantine style. 
Every inch of the edifice has been hand- 
painted in countless designs, at immense 
cost. The decorations of the church are 
superb, and a statue of the Virgin to the 
right of the grand altar, will well repay 
inspection. Vastness is the characteris- 
tic of this fane in every respect. In the 
western towers of the " Paroisse," (Par- 
wasse) as the French call the church, is 
hung the largest bell on the continent, 
the "Gros Bourdon." This monster, 
weighing over ten tons, has a mouth so 
capacious that 30 men might stand under 
it, and it requires the strength of 16 men 
to ring it. Visitors are admitted to the 
tower, and may have the pleasure of 
tramping up several hundred steps for 25 
cents. The reward is worth all the trou- 
ble, for the view from the platform at the 
top is superb. In the eastern tower there 
is a splendid chime of bells, but as French 
Canadians can never be taught to chime, 
they are always swung, and owing to the 
number of occasions upon which bells are 
found necessary in the Roman ritual, they 
are seldom silent. 

THE SEMINARY OF ST. SULPICE 

Adjoins the Parish Church. On its front 
is a queer old clock which rings the hours, 
halves and quarters. The old gate of the 
seminary still remains with the monogram 
A. M. (Ave Maria) over it, but the glory 
of the place has departed, so far as the 
work of the seminary is concerned, to the 
"priests' farm" or Monklands, where the 
college is now located. The land was too 
valuable to keep for college purposes, and 
so was sold off, until little now remains 
but the church, the presbytery, and the 
seminary gardens. Turning into the Place 
D' Armes again we find facing us the really 
splendid portico of the Bank of Montreal. 
The entablature of this structure is a 
work of art of uncommon merit. The 
bank has the largest paid up capital, $12,- 
000,000, of any on the continent. Adjoin- 
ing it to the right, is the People's Bank, 
diagonally across the way, the Jacques 



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Cartier Bank, a rather unfortunate French 
Canadian institution; on St. James Street 
the Banque du Peuple, a conservative, safe, 
French concern. Besides these, in hand- 
some structures, are the Metropolitan, 
City and District, Ontario, Toronto, Cos- 
mopolitan Exchange, and Union banks. 
Molson's and the Merchants' banks are 
stone structures which will command par- 
ticular attention from their architectural 
beauty and evident costliness. The Mer- 
chants' bank is the creation of Sir Hugh 
Allen, Canada's steamship king, and has a 
paid up capital of $ 9,000,00C. 

We are now upon great St. James Street, 
for its whole length remarkable for im- 
posing and magnificent structures, chief 
among which is the Post Office, recently 
completed by the Canadian government. 

At the corner of St. James and St Peter 
Streets, and opposite the Merchants' bank, 
is the hall of the Mechanics' Institute, a 
handsome, substantial building, which 
was for many years Montreal's only con- 
cert room, or available hall for any pur- 
pose. It has a fine library and reading 
room, and in many ways the Institute in- 
fluences for good the rising generation of 
Montreal. A few steps will bring us to 
Victoria Square, a splendid row of build- 
ings, the "Albert Block," so named in 
honor of the late Prince Consort, furnish- 
es a lordly abiding place for the chief offi- 
cers and staff of the 

GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY. 

The broad street running at right angles 
to the river here is McGili Street, and it is 
lined with great stone ware houses of ele- 
gant architecture. It is the centre of the 
wholesale dry goods and clothing trade. 

In Victoria Square, a very handsome 
park, is a statue of Queen Victoria, by 
Marshall Wood, who had the cheek to 
charge the city $10 000 for a lump of bronze 
which is as much unlike the queen as Vin- 
nie Ream's statue is unlike Lincoln. 

Victoria Square was, in 1877, the scene 
of the Orange riot. The unfortunate 
young man, Hackett, was murdered on the 
east side of the square at the door of a 
large wholesale dry goods store, in which 
he tried to obtain shelter when chased by 
a blood-thirsty mob,but from which he was 
shamefully repulsed. Victoria Square 
practically divides the business part of 
Montreal'from "Griffintown," the quarter 
most inhabited by the opponents of Or- 
angeism. To the left, as we cross Craig 
Street, we find the superb building of the 
Young Men's Christian Association. The 
Y. M. C A. of Montreal is the 

PARENT SOCIETY OF THE WORLD, 

Having been founded in 1551, It is now 
housed in a Gothic building which cost 
$50,000, has a line library and reading- 
room, and an elegant lecture hall (Asso- 
ciation Hall) for lecture purposes and ser- 
vices. The work, in different depart- 



ments carried on by the association, is 
very extensive, necessitating a large ex- 
penditure of money and great personal 
sacrifice on the part of the active mem- 
bers. 

Leaving the hall and - passing along 
Radegoude street, we arrive at the foot of 

BEAVER HALL 

Hill, so called because the Hudson Bay 
Company in the good old fur trading days 
had their headquarters here. Those were 
the days when everything was estimated 
by its relation to the value of a beaver 
skin. There are some, however, who 
call it Piety Hill, from the churches 
marking its ascent. First we have Zion 
church, Congregational, then the church 
of the Messiah, Unitarian, looking consid- 
erably, in some respects, like the bartizan 
of a mediaeval castle. Across the street is 
the First Baptist church, and opposite it 
St. Andrew's, built on the model of Salis- 
bury Cathedral. As we move along in 
this" district we begin to understand why 
Montreal has been called a city of 
churches, for one is met at almost every 
step. Thus, as you go along Dorchester 
street, after you pass to the right the 
coldly palatial quarters of the St. James 
Club, you are face to face with St. Paul's 
church, (Presbyterian) a fine specimen of 
the decorated Gothic, where Rev. John 
Jenkins, father of the celebrated author 
of 

"GINX'S BABY" 

Preaches to an aristocratic congregation. 
In a vast square, contiguous to St. Paul's 
is in process of erection a temple which 
will be, when completed, one of the won- 
ders of the continent. It is the Cathedral 
of St. Peter, and it is being built on the 
model of St. Peter's at Rome,but one fourth 
smaller. Though eight years have been 
spent upon what has thus far been accom- 
plished, little, comparatively speaking, has 
been done, and it is not probable that the 
present generation of the faithful will 
ever attend mass within the precincts of 
St. Peter's. The church, which will cost 
no one knows how much, is being built by 
the voluntary contributions of the people. 
We are now at Dominion Square, and 
before us looms up the Windsor, 

CANADA'S ROYAL HOTEL, 



Where the Evening News excursionists 
will find elegant quarters during their 
stay in Montreal. TheWindsor Hotel grew 
out of the enterprise of a number of gen- 
tlemen headed by Sir Hugh Allan who were 
dissatisfied with the hotel accommodation 
of the city. Taking the Palmer house, 
Chicago, as their model, they went to 
work and spent over a million in a hotel 
which may have one or two equals, but 
certainly no superiors on the continent. 
The lessee of the hotel, Mr. Worthington, 
pays as rent 4 per cent.on $l,000,000,or $40,- 
000 per annum. The furniture, carpets, 



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35 



etc., be put in himself. 
The excursionists will 
be better able to judge 
of its magnificence after 
they have had some ex- 
perience of its hospital- 
ity. 

The excursionist who 
will ascend the cupola 
will enjoy a splendid 
view of the river, span- 
ned by the mighty Vic- 
toria bridge. He will 
see countless spires ris- 
ing around him. Op- 
posite the hotel, to con- 
tinue the naration as to 
churches, are the Prim- 
itive Methodist, Ameri- 
can Presbyterian and 
Methodist Episcopal ; 
opposite the park but a 
little distance down is 
St. George's church, 
(Episcopal), a dainty 
specimen of Gothic: to 
the left can be seen 
Erskine church (Pres- 
byterian,!, and the slen- 
der stone spire of 
Christ church. Christ 
church deserves special 
mention, though every 
one of the churches 
named are handsome 
and costly stone edifices. 
It is one of the finest 
churches on the conti- 
nent, and the cathedral 
of the primate of Can- 
ada. It is built of 
Montreal limestone, 
principally, with dressings of Caen stone, 
imported from France. Elaborate sculp- 
turing lavishly displayed, marks the ex- 
terior, while the interior is a mass of rich, 
yet harmonious and artistic decoration. 
The chief feature of attraction is a spire 
of solid masonry, rising some 200 feet, a 
piece of bold and able stone craft In the 
cathedra] close is a superb memorial cross 
to perpetuate the name of the late Bishop 
Eulford. The palace of the Metropolitan 
or Senior Bishop of Canada, is also on the 
grounds To the west of the palace is 
Synod Hall, better known to most Mon- 
trealers as "Breach of Promise Hall." 
And for this reason : There was a 

LADY OK SPUNK 

Who was wooed by a merchant with much 
wealth. He was fickle, jilted her and 
married another lady who had but a short 
time before told the man she loved that 
she could not afford to marry poverty. 
The young lady of spunk sued her umq- 
while and faithless lover for breach of 
promise, and got a heavy verdict. With 
the damages she built Synod Hall, for a 




BRIDAL CHAMBER, WINDSOR HOTEL. 



of the money for herself. Mark what 
further betel the faithless lover. He 
died two years after his marriage, and 
his widow, enriched by his fortune, mar- 
ried the lover whose poverty once had 
been a barrier. 

More time might be devoted to churches, 
but we must close with a visit to the 
church of the Gesu or Jesuit's church on 
Bleury Street. The Jesuits in spite of all 
attempts to prevent them regaining foot- 
hold in Canada, have succeeded in recov- 
ering the ground they lost at the Conquest, 
and have now practically regained control 
over Catholic education in Lower Canada. 
Whatever may be the commonly received 
opinion of Jesuitism, one thing is certain 
of its teaching, it tends toward making 
men good citizens. Their church in Mon- 
treal is famous for its frescos, executed 
by a great Italian artist The fane is, to 
express much, in a few words, a veritable 
art gallery, in which hours may be spent 
in the study of grand conceptions. Ex- 
quisite music is a feature of the services 
in the Gesu. Controversial sermons are 
preached every Sunday night, and the 
church school, disdaining" to use a penny I hours are so timed that the Protestants, 



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MONTREAL. 



returning from the services in their own 
churches, and who drop into the Gesu to 
hear the music, get the benefit of skillful 
attacks upon every form of faith which 
conflicts with that of Rome. 

There are in all some 80 churches in 
Montreal and numerous missions. The 
church property, Catholic and Protestant, 
is estimated at $20,000,000 

Leaving the Windsor, for an afternoon's 
drive, the most enjoyable use of time to 
be made is a progress to Mount Royal 
Park. This mountain furnishes Mont- 
real, in the language of Lord Dufferin.the 

FINEST PARK IN THE WORLD. 

A whole mountain is taken up with the 
breathing and enjoying place of a people. 
From a field, broken up with gentle as- 
cents, a road winding by ways which pre- 
sent beauty at every turn, has been cut 
and made so that a hill, once only accessi- 
ble to the stoutest and most indomitable 
climber, is now easily reached to its sum- 
mit by a carriage and pair. The roadway is 
superb, and when the summit is reached, 
what a vision! There stretches away 
tne dreamy length of the St. Lawrence, 
islanded as far as the eye can reach. The 
Catskills are in the distance, and the tips 
of the Green Mountains. Nearer are the 
humps of Montarville and Beloeil, while 
to the north may be seen rising the blue 
hills of the Laurentides. The city lies 
at the foot, humming with busy industry. 
Near by, hewn out of the eternal rock,are 
the immense reservoirs from which Mon- 
treal draws her daily 40,000,000 gallons of 
water, and from here all her institutes 
of learning are visible. There, for in- 
stance, at the base of the mountain, 
is McGill University, famous through- 
out the world, through its principal, 
Dr. Dawson, the great scientist, who 
has devoted his life to the advocacy of 
God in science. The University is" the 
centre of Canadian thought and progress. 
It is situated in the midst of magnificent 
grounds, and around it cluster the homes 
of some of the grandest men in Canada. 
The Presbyterian Theological College oc- 
cupies a picturesque position upon the 
breast of the hill. 

From the mountain we see the long 
streets of palatial homes which the Mon- 
treal merchants have made for themselves. 
Montreal, like Detroit, is a city of homes. 
The residental quarters are replete with 
the elegant nests of successful families. 
Sherbrooke street, St. Catherine street, 
McGill College avenue, and a dozen other 
such like avenues, open themselves out, 
bud-like, into a host of splendid homes. 
The most magnificent of all mav need a 
mention specially, and that is "Ravens- 



crag," the seat of Sir Hugh Allan. This 
castle, it is nothing less, has several times 
been the abode of royalty. It is a baronial 
residence, covering a large expanse. 

The drive around the mountain is about 
nine miles long, and will take you over a 
good deal of historic ground. It will take 
you past the Mount Royal Cemetery, one 
of the most splendid cities of the dead in 
the world, and the Cote des Neiges Ceme- 
tery, where lie, under a pompous monu- 
ment,the bones of those whom the Brtish 
government found necessary to hang after 
the rebellion of 1837. These cemeteries 
lie in gentle, silent valleys between the 
mountains, where there is never sound of 
human strife. 

Montreal is on the whole, a great, strong 
city, in manufactures, in commerce and 
in navigation . She is the great distribut- 
ing centre of Canada. Here is where the 
great Allan Line of steamers turn out 
their enormous freights. Here tue Grand 
Trunk centres its business. Here the 
grain trade of the west turns its yellow 
wealth into the elevators- Here the fur 
trade of the north looks for its return in 
corn and kind. Here is done the great 
clothing, boot and shoeing trade of the 
country. The metal works, wood works, 
car works, drug works, in fact nearly all 
the works of the country centre here. The 
warehouses of Montreal, on the great 
business streets are unsurpassed in mag- 
nificence of architecture in the world, and 
the city as a whole, is one well worthy of 
the study of every man who wishes to see 
how large a growth may be effected from 
small and well directed efforts. 

The Victoria bridge is a work under- 
taken by the Grand Trunk railway com- 
pany of Canada. It connects Pointe St. 
Charles with the Southern shore, but 
would never have been necessary had the 
managers of the Grand Trunk had the 
common sense to see that their inter- 
est lay in building up the well cultivated 
North Shore. The bridge is 90 feet short 
of being two miles long. It is a tubular 
bridge, resting upon 24 piers, so built as to 
resist the pressure of ice, the centre pier 
being 156 feet in height to permit the pass- 
age of steamers ; the cost was some 
$8,000,000, and the loss of life during its 
construction, was considerable. It was 
designed by the great Stephenson and 
carried to a completion by Sir Morton 
Peto. As a bridge it has no equal in the 
world, but science has proved, since the 
Prince of Wales drove the last rivet in 
1860, that long bridges can be put up at a 
much cheaper rate. A project is now on 
foot to bridge the river at about one- 
twelfth of what it cost to build the A r ic- 
toria. 



EN ROUTE TO THE MOUNTAINS. 



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A CHANGE OF COUNTRIES. 



DURING the third night of the excur- 
sion tour, Her Majesty's Dominions 
will be exchanged for the territory of the 
old Green Mountain State, the exact place 
of transfer being at Norton Mills, which 
is 132 miles from Montreal, and 76 miles 
from Gorham, N. H., which will be the 
stopping place at the White Mountains. 
It is also but sixteen miles to Island 
Pond, where a stop of one hour will be 
made for breakfast. The custom-house 
officers, at this place, examine all baggage 
checked //'o /» Canada. Note the distinc- 
tion : Baggage checked at Detroit to Gor- 
ham or Portland, will go through Canada 
without stoppage or examination; but 
anything taken from Canada to the Unit- 
ed States, or vice versa, will be stopped 
and examined at the boundary. If it is 
merely passing from Detroit to Gorham 
or Portland without stoppage, it will need 
no attention ; but if it started from any 
place in Canada, then it will be removed 
from the baggage car to the examining ! 
room, where it will remain until the I 
owner unlocks it and permits examina- 
tion by the collector of customs. 

THE BAGGAGE WILL BE LEFT 

At the station, in such a case, unless the I 
owner attends to it- It will be the same 
also on returning from Portland, when 
en route to Quebec. 



ISLAND POND, 

So named from being situated upon the 
banks of a mountain lake, three and a 
half miles long by one mile wide, is a vil- 
lage of 1,200 inhabitants, and is 1 MOO feet 
above the level of the sea Three miles 
from the station Mt. Bluff rises 1,200 feet 
high, and affords from its summit a mag- 
nificent view. A steam yacht on the 
lake, with abundant facilities for fishing, 
might be mentioned as among the means 
of enjoyment at this place. 

THE TWO FINE HOTELS 

At this place are under one management, 
and will have a breakfast in waiting for 
the hungry excursionists. Thev are re- 
spectively, the Island Pond House and 
the Stewart House, and are admirably 
conducted. 

THE OLD GRANITE STATE. 

The New Hampshire boundary will be 
passed at North Stratford, 15 miles south- 
east of Island Pond. The river which is 
crossed at this place is the Connecticut, 
Traveling 11 miles nearly south 



GROVETON JUNCTION 

Is reached at about S a. m., July 10th. 
. Those who desire to attend the American 
j Institute of Instruction should change 
cars, and take the road that runs south on 
the ivest side of the White Mountains. 
| The manager will have side trip tickets 
(for sale after leaving Montreal) from 
j Groveton Junction, around to the Fab- 
yan House, (where the Institute is to be 
held July 8, 9, 10 and 11) thence to the 
' summit of Mt. Washington by the ele- 
i vated railroad. Carriages will be in wait- 
ing at the summit for those who have tak- 
j en this side trip, and will convey them 
; to the Glen House on the east side, where 
they will rejoin the excursion. Full in- 
formation, prices, etc., will be given in 
ample time after leaving Montreal. 

By taking this side trip, teachers can 
attend the 

LAST TWO DAYS OF THE INSTITUTE, 

Or, what may be still better, the next to 
the last (and best) day of the Institute 
(the 10th) can be attended, and by taking 
the afternoon train up the mountain, the 
night can be spent on the summit and the 
descent by carriages made the following- 
day. 

Returning to the general excursion 
route, via the Grand Trunk Railroad, the 
next station after leaving Groveton Junc- 
tion is 

GROVETON, 

After which the railroad crosses the Am- 
monoosuc river, with Cape Horn and Mt. 
Bellamy on the right,and Percy Peaks and 
Bowback Mountains on the left front and 
left. Portions also of the Stratford and 
Sugar- Loaf Mountains are seen to the 
north ; and on the other side the Pilot 
Mountains soon swing into view, .vs the 
train speeds to the east, the south peak of 
the Percies advances over the higher 
north peak, and finally eclipses it. The 
line leaves the river for about 4 miles, 
and runs under the Pilot Mountains, then 
crosses the river and stops at 

STARK WATER, 

Which is picturesquely situated, with the 
precipice of the Devil's Slide on the left, 
and Mill Mountain close at hand on the 
right. The former is a sheer cliff 5,600 
feet high, and bears evidence of ancient 
natural convulsions. Mill Mountain is 
2,000 feet high, and is sometimes ascend- 
ed from Stark by a walk of \% miles 
through the woods Beyond Starkwater 



33 



ARRIVAL AT THE GLEN. 



station fine views are given on the right 
and in retrospect, including the Pilot and 
Crescent Ranges, the Percy Peaks, and 
Green's Ledge, sharply cut off on the 
south. 

WEST MILAN. 

Just before and after leaving the station 
at West Milan the traveler who looks for- 
ward from the right side of the train gains 
a beautiful distant view of the Presiden- 
tial Range, which is arranged in stately 
order. The line now leaves the banks of 
the rapid Ammonoosuc, and follows the 
course of Dead River through a dull and 
uninteresting country. 

At the lonely water station of Milan be- 
tween West Milan and Berlin Falls, the 
track is 1080 feet above the sea. Head 
Pond is soon passed, on the right, and the 
traveler gains frequent glimpses of the 
White Mountains on the right. The train 
soon crosses to the course of another Dead 
River, passes a small pond, and approaches 
Berlin Falls 

BERLIN FALLS, 

The last stopping place before Gorham 
is of little interest apart from its natural 
surroundings. On the left, over the di- 
verging track of the Berlin Lumber Com- 
pany, the far away blue peak of Goose 
Eye is seen ; the fine cliffs of Mt. Forest 
are passed just before arriving at the 
station. 

Between Berlin Falls and Gorham there 
is a high descending grade, the track fail- 
ing at the rate of 50 teet to the mile. Oc- 
casional glimpses of the Androscoggin 
River are gained, and on either side are 
mountain-ranges. 

GORHAM, 

Which is 772 miles from Detroit by the 
route traveled, 208 miles from Montreal, 
and 91 miles from Portland, is a place of 
about 1,000 permanent population, on the 
Androscoggin River. In the summer 
months, however, the tourists gather here 
from every point of the compass and the 
place is lively and interesting. In its 
proximity to the mountains consists its 
sole attraction, although Mt. Washington 
cannot be seen until the party arrives at or 
near the GlenHouse. The large hotel at the 
left, is the Alpine House, owned by AY. A: 
C. R. Milliken, the proprietors of the Glen 
House, which is eight, miles away up in 
the mountains. Here the cars are ex- 
changed for coaches, and the railroad for 
the mountain road which follows up the 
banks of the 



PEABODY RIVER 

To the Glen. The road from Gorham to 
the Glen crosses and recrosses this little 
river, which, after heavy rains, or in the 
spring when the snow melts on the moun- 
tains, is a noisy, rushing mountain tor- 
rent. The river is filled and environed 
with huge masses of rocks, with which 
nature has produced many picturesque 
effects. 

THE GLEN HOUSE 

Is situated at the immediate base of the 
Mt. Washington (or Presidential) range, 
and the view from the piazza of the hotel 
is one of the finest in the mountains. The 
sharp pointed peak directly in front of the 
hotel is Mt- Adams, 5,794 feet high— to the 
left is what appears to be a triple point- 
ed mountain, but which, in reality, con- 
sists of three peaks, the first being Mt. 
Jefferson, 5,714 feet high, next Mt. Clay, 
5.552 high, and farthest to the left is Mt. 
Washington, which although apparently a 
lesser peak, is really 6,293 feet high, being 
the loftiest of them all. The distance to 
the summit of Mt. Washington from the 
Glen House, is eight miles, and the car- 
riage road lies over Mts. Jefferson and 
Clay. 

The summits of these peaks are fre- 
quently capped in the clouds, which gives 
a better idea of the height than any guide 
book statistics can possibly do. The Glen 
House is most favorably located of all the 
hotels in the mountains to obtain views 
of this range — the house itself is one of 
the largest in the United States, and is 
lighted with gas, and has every modern 
improvement. The proprietors Messrs. 
W. & C. R Milliken, are thorough hotel 
men, and their success is the best evidence 
that they thoroughly understand how to 
cater to the wants of the traveling public. 
The excursion party will spend two days 
at the Glen House, which will give ample 
time to ascend Mt. Washington, visit 
Glen Ellis and Crystal Cascade Falls, with 
a margin left for fishing for brook trout 
in the Peabody River, or strolling ad libi- 
tum. Not the least of the attractions at 
the Glen House is the table, at which the 
tourist is generally a most devoted and 
appreciative attendant. The fare is un- 
excelled and the service is a novelty in 
dining room management, for the waiters 
are all college students who spend their 
vacations in recuperating at the mountains 
and at the same time replenishing their 
depleted purses. 



THE WHITE MOUNTAINS. 



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THE WHITE MOUNTAINS 



CONSIST of more than 200 peaks that 
cover an area of 2,700 miles. • They 
are naturally divided into two divi- 
sions by the Saco river, each side being 
again sub-divided on the east by the Pea- 
body and Ellis rivers, and on the west by 
the Pernigewasset Kiver. Topographic- 
ally considered,the mountains are grouped 
into nine sub-divisions, viz: 

1. The Starr-King group. 

2. The Mt. Carter group. 

3. The Mt. Washington range, 

4. The Cherry Mt. District. 

5. The Mt. Willey range. 

6. The Carrigan group. 

7. The Passaconaway range. 

8. The Twin Mt. aroup. 

9. The Profile Mt. group. 

THE SCENERY 

Of the White Mountains compares favor- 
ably with the Swiss Alps, and those who 
have traveled widely in foreign lands are 
generally most enthusiastic in speaking 
of their grandeur and beauty. Those who 
have simply passed by the mountains on 
the railroad, are not qualified to judge of 
the scenery, except in the most superficial 
manner. 

The tourist needs to stop a day or two 
at least, when, exchanging the Pullman 
for the mountain coach, the very heart of 
the mountains should be penetrated. Fine 
as are some of the views that are lo be 
gleaned from the windows or rear plat- 
form of the train on the Grand Trunk 
railway, they do not compare* in scarcely 



any sense of the word, with that obtained 
from the veranda of the Glen House, and 
that in turn becomes weak and insipid as 
the tourist stands, a mile and a quarter 
higher, among or rather above the clouds, 
on the summit of Mt. Washington. The 
summits only of some of the loftiest peaks 
escaped the tremendous smoothing and 
"polishing off" that the rest received dur- 
ing the ice period, which accounts for the 
flowing instead of acute outlines. Mt. 
Adams, which is a sharply defined peak, 
is a marked exception, however. 

The forty-five names given below are 
those by which the 

PRINCIPAL PEAKS 

Are now known. The figures attached 
give the height in feet. 

Adams 5 794 1 Lincoln 5,100 

Anderson 4,000 Moriah 4,653 

Bald 3,978 I Madison 5,365 

Baldface 3.600 ' Monroe 5,384 

Black 3,571 Moat 3.20C 

Carter 4,702' North Twin 5,000 

Carter Dome 4,830 Osceola 4,400 

Clay 5 552 Pleasant 4,764 

Clinton 4,320 Profile 1,200 

Cherry 3,670 Paugus 2,829 

Carrigan 4,678 Passaconaway 4,200 

Chocorua 3,510 Starr-King 3,800 

Campton 1.712 South Twin 5,094 

Sandwich Dome.... 4,000 

Tom 3.200 

Table 3,784 

Tecumseh 4,000 

TriDyramid 3,542 

Wildcat 4,350 

Washington 6,293 

Willey 4,330 

Whiteface 4,007 



Doublehead 3,120 

Franklin 4,901 

Field 4,070 

Hayes 2 917 

Hale 2.337 

Haystack 2,787 

Hancock 4,420 

Jefferson 5,714 

Kancamagus 1,523 

Lafayette 5,259 



IN THE HEART OF THE MOUNTAINS. 



MT. WASHINGTON which is 6,293 
feet, or nearly a mile and a quar- 
ter high, rises over 500 feet above the 
loftiest of the surrounding peaks. On 
account of this elevation, the summit 
forms an arctic island in the temperate 
zone, having the same climate as Green- 
land at 70° north latitude. This is shown 
both by the temperature and the vegeta- 
tion. The latitude is 44° 16 / 25" north, 
and the longitude is 76° 16' 25" west. The 
interest in this mountain is enhanced by 
knowing that the highest geological au- 
thorities place it among the very earliest 
formations of the earth's surface . [saac 
Hill savs: "Mt. Washington had been 



thousands of years in existence before the 
internal fires upheaved the Alps." 

PROOFS OF THE ICE PERIOD. 

The grooves and scratches on all but 
the south side show the course of the 
ice-bearing ocean of the glacial epoch. 
These marks are found to within 1,100 
feet of the summit, hence the surround- 
ing valleys must have been filled with ice, 
a mile thick, which, slowly moving south, 
finally submitted to a southern sun. An- 
other proof that Mt. Washington affords 
of the ice period, and which makes it of 
great interest to the scientist, is a recent 
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the summit, but no where else in the 
United States, is the same as others 
known to be native only in latitudes 
north of 70°. The theory is, that they ac- 
companied the ice south as far as Mt. 
Washington, and by the melting away of 
the ice with which it was surrounded, 
were finally stranded on the summit, 
where they still find a congenial climate. 

VEGETATION. 

Not only is the fauna of the frigid zone 
found, but, its is well known, the flora of 
Mt Washington is identical with that of 
the Arctic regions. He who ascends to 
this altitude has a similar opportunity for 
botanic study, as if he made a journey to 
the north, passing first from the noble for- 
ests with which we are familiar, to those 
of stunted growth, and finally leaving 
them behind altogether, at length Arriv- 
ing at the barren and bleak regions be- 
neath the Arctic Circle- In approaching 
the mountain summits, one is first 
struck by the appearance of the firs and 
spruces, which gradually become 

MORE AND MORE DWARFISH, 

At length rising but a few feet from the 
ground, the branches spreading out hori- 
zontally many feet, and becoming thickly 
interwoven. These present a compara- 
tively dense upper surface, which is often 
firm enough to walk upon. At length 
these disappear wholly, and give place to 
the Lapland rhododendron, Labrador tea, 
dwarf birch, and Alpine willows, all of 
which, after rising a few inches above, 
the ground, spread out over the surface 
of the nearest rock, thereby gaining 
warmth, which enables them to exist in 
spite of tempest and cold. These in their 
turn give place to the Greenland sand- 
wort, the diapensia, the cassiope, and 
others, with arctic rushes, sedges, and 
lichens, which flourish on the very 
summit. 

ARARAT IN AMERICA. 

According to Binton's Myths of the 
JSew World, the tradition of the deluge 
was held by 28 of the aboriginal tribes 
of North and South America. The In- 
dians in this section believed that Mt. 
Washington was the place where a 
few found a place of safety, and es- 
caped. 

TIME'S CHANGES ON MT. WASHINGTON. 

In 1642 the first ascension of Mt. 
Washington was made by Darby Field ; 
in 1810 Abel and Ethan Allen (raw- 
ford made the first path to the summit: 
the bridle-path was made in 1819, and 
Abel Crawford rode the first horse up, 
exclaiming, "Can it be possible that a 
live horse stands on the summit of 
Mount Washington ! " The first house 
was built by the Crawfords ; the old 
Summit House was put up in 1852 and 
the Tip-top house in 1853 ; the carriage- 



road was finished in 1861, the railroad 
in 1869, and the present Summit house in 
1870. 

THE ASCENSION 

Of Mt. Washington is la creme de la 
ereme of the mountain experience, how- 
ever. The railway and bridle path run 
up from the west side, but for beauty and 
variety of scenery nothing equals the 
carriage-road from the Glen. Having sat- 
isfied yourself by looking through the tel- 
escope at the GJen House, that the speck 
upon the distant summit is the Summit 
House, where you hope after a four or 
five hours' ride to take dinner, it will be- 
hoove you to put a shawl or overcoat un- 
der and yourself upon the seat of the 
carriage at the door, and allow the driver 
to give free rein to his.team of six horses. 
The technical term for ascending the 
mountain is "attacking" the mountain. 
The attack, then, in this instance, is to be 
from the Glen, and over a fine road that 
belongs to a stock company. 

RIDING UP STAIRS. 

From the toll gate to the summit the 
grade is a constant ascent, varying from 
5 to 25 degrees, and for the first third of 
the distance is buried in the dense foliage 
of the forests, upon the lower side. The 
sultry temperature of the valley below is 
exchanged for the exhilarating mountain 
air, which becomes cool and bracing. It 
is wholly unlike and distinct from any 
lowland air, and will be breathed in with 
delight as a new and enjoyable experi- 
ence. 

As you ascend you will see that the 
mountain ash, with its scarlet berries, 
and other small varieties of trees are sub- 




HALF-WAY HOUSE, MT. WASHINGTON. 



4 2 



MT. WASHINGTON RAILWAY. 



stitutes for the great forest trees near the 
base. 

THE FIRST VIEW 

Is a great satisfaction, although you take 
it bv " snatches," the brush upon the side 
of the road being tall enough to frequent- 
ly interrupt the view. Finally, at the 

HALF-WAY HOUSE, 

The prospect becomes suddenly epened, 
and a vast panorama of indescribable 
grandeur and beauty invites attention, 
and— generally receives what it asks for. 
The vocabulary of exclamations that 
are here thrown on the wind, is much too 
"numerous " for the limits of this guide- 
book. The accumulation of "Ohs!" and 
" Ahs! " and the like, that have been pre 
pared by constant practice on the earlier 
part of the ride, will soon be expended, 
and the excursionist will sit in silence be- 
fore the impressive scene, realizing only 
the quick heart-beats and the inability to 
express the natural emotions. It is only 
a step, however 








MT. WASHINGTON RAILWAY. 
FROM THE SUBLIME TO THE RIDICULOUS, 

For, if you do all your predecessors have 
done, and strict orthodoxy requires, you 
will get out at the Half Way House (a 
little wood shanty), and ask the "land- 
lord" (who cooks for the workmen upon 
the carriage road), if he has any spruce 
gum ? 

THEY ALL DO IT, 

And you might as well unbend your dig- 
nity at this point of the trip, and follow 
in this time-honored custom and invest 



in "ten cents worth of gum." From this 
point, tourists are usually observed to de- 
velop facial "gestures" that cannot wholly 
be ascribed to emotion, and an inclination 
to expectorate, not wholly attributable to 
the change in temperature. 

SHAWLSjAND OYEROOa^ 

Aits generally donned before proceeding, 
and found to be seasonable and comfort- 
able. Little vegetation is passed on the. 
remainder of the ascent, except " scrubs," 
whose gnarled roots seem to be crawling 
over the rocks like so many snakes ; short 
evergreens with their limbs reaching to- 
wards the south, whichjshow the direction 
and power of the winds in winter; and 
lastly, the mosses and tiny daisies on the 
very summit. 

STEPPING HEAVENWARD 

So greatly do the views (enlargei'as you 
progress, that you feel chagrined at hav- 
ing exhausted your very best remarks on 
so inferior an occasion as you now feel 
the Half Way House to have been, and 
you realize that you have 
now either to repeat 
(which William S. never 
did) or to let it be infer- 
red by your silence and 
indifference that you 
could very easily express 
yourself if, like Sairey 
Gamp, you felt so " dis- 
poged." 

MT. WASHINGTON RAIL- 
WAY. 

Try to get to the sum- 
mit by 2 p. m., as at this 
time the train, which 
makes two round trips a 
day, will start down the 
west side. The times for 
the train's starting from, 
the base is at 10 A. M. and 
5 :15 p. M., and at 7 A. m. 
and 2 p. m. from the sum- 
mit. This railway is 6% 
miles long and rises over 
5,000 feet in making the 
ascent. The fare is three 
dollars up the mountain, 
three dollars down, or 
four dollars up and down 
on the same train. Since 
its completion in 1869, over 00,000 passen- 
gers have ascended by it and not one of 
them was injured, a fact that speaks well 
for its safety. 

OTHER INCLINE RAILWAYS. 

In Europe there are six cog railroads ; 
the Vitznau-Rigi, the Arth-Rigi, the Ror- 
schach-Heiden and the Ostermandingen, 
in Switzerland; the Schwabenberg, in 
Hungaria ; and the Khalenberg in Austria. 
The first two are for the ascension of the 
famous Mount Rigi. The Vitznau-Rigi, 



A VIEW FROM THE SUMMIT. 



43 




SUMMIT HOUSE, MT. WASHINGTON. 



on the east side, is 4 34-100 miles long, and 
rises 4,625 feet, costing $130,000 per mile; 
the Arth-Rigi, on the west side, is 1% 
miles long, and rises 4,200 feet. The third 
the road Rorshach-Heiden, at Lake Bod- 
ensee, was opened for traffic in 1875. It 
cost $450,000, and is 3 32-100 miles long, 
and rises 1,239 feet. The fourth, the road 
near Ostermandingen in Switzerland, is 
ascended by either a friction or cog-wheel 
engine. It is 1 24-100 miles long. The 
road up Schwabenberg near Ofen, Hun- 
garia, was built on account of land, as a 
large amount of real estate on top of Mt. 
Schwabenberg could be sold thereby. The 
last of the six, the road up Kehlenberg 
near Vienna, in Austria, cost nearly $250.- 
000- Each train runs three cars, and they 
can carry 15,000 people per day. 



thermometer will probably stand at about 
45°. 

In 1877 the record shows a fluctuation 
between 40° and 60° with 50° as an average. 
The snow fell on the 22d of June and 3d 
of September of that year, but none be- 
tween. The hotel is a long, low, white 
frame building, securely chained to the 
rocks. It contains one hundred sleeping 
rooms, well furnished, and warmed by 
steam, so that its patrons are as comfort- 
able and as well served as at any hotel 
among the mountains. The table is first- 
class, and Mrs. J. W. Dodge, manager, 
states that no pains will be spared to make 
its patrons feel that they can pass a day 
or a night above the clouds with as much 
comfort as they can below. 

AMONG THE CLOUDS. 



THE SUMMIT HOUSE _. ,. . .... „ . , , , 

There are three buildings of interest to 
Is the first place sought after arriving at the tourists on the summit of Mt. Wash- 
the summit, and a circle with extended i ington -the signal service station and the 
hands gathers around the stoves, for the I office of the only daily paper everpublish- 

ed among the clouds. It is called 

Among the Clouds, and is edited and 
printed in the old Tip Top House (that 
was formerly the only hotel on the 
summit,) by " Henry E Burt If the 
excursionists will register their names 
and addresses at the Summit House, 
they will be printed in the paper,copies 
of which can be obtained before de- 
scending. 

DISTANT VIEWS. 

The following places may be seen 
from the summit after a little patient 
study: 




GETTING WARM, SUMMIT OF MT. WASHINGTON. 



44 



THE EVENING NEWS MONUMENT. 



Mt. Beloeil; 135 miles north, 45 degrees 
west, and nearly over Prospect Hill, Lan- 
caster. 

Lake Memphremagog; 70 miles north, 
40 degrees west, over Jefferson Hill. 

Mount Carmel ; 65 miles north, 10 de- 
grees east, and just over Mount Adams. 

Mount Bigelow ; 70 miles north, 35 de- 
grees east- and nearly over Mount Hayes. 

Mount Abraham ; (35 miles north, 40 de- 
grees east, to the right of Mount Hayes. 

Mount Katahdin ; 163 miles north, 45 de- 
grees east, and about half way between 
Mount Hays and Mount Moriah. This is 
one of the highest of the Adironacks, 
rising to a height 4,000 feet. 

Mount Mansfield; 78 miles north, 78 de- 
grees west, and between the Twin Moun- 
tain House and Mount Deception. It is 
the highest of the Green Mountains,being 
4,300 feet high, and appears as a long- 
ridge bearing a fancied resemblance to a 
human face. 




BUILDING THE MONUMENT. 

Mount Blue; 57 miles north, 57 degrees 
east, and half way between Surprise and 
Moriah. 

Portland; 65 miles south, 51 degrees 
east, and over the northern summit of 
Doublehead It appears as a low white 
hill, witli along light blue line beyond it. 
With a telescope the hill resolves itself 
into a mass of closely packed white, houses, 
and the blue line is seen to be thickly 
studded with sails. The ocean, however, 
is not as often seen as some more distant 
objects in other directions partly because 
the atmosphere in this direction seems 
generally to be somewhat thicker than 
elsewhere. 

Lake Sebago; 43 miles south, 48 degrees 
east, and over Mount Gemini. It is 14 
miles long, and about 11 wide. 

Mount Ag.imenticus; 80 miles south, 24 
degrees east. 

Isles of Shoals; '-»7 miles south, 22 de- 
grees east They are very difficult to see, 
and aresituated on the horizon just to the 
right of Agamenticus, 

Kilington peaks; 91 miles south. 59 de- 
grees west, and between Mounts Liberty 
and Blue. 

Camel's Hump; 80 miles north, 87 de- 



grees west, and just over Bethlehem. It 
is a striking looking mountain, shaped 
like a truncated cone. 

Mount Whiteface; 130 miles north, 86 
degrees west. » 

ACCESSIBLE POINTS OF INTEREST. 

Among the places that can be reached 
from the summit, are Tuckerman's Ra- 
vine where can be seen the Fall of a 
Thousand Streams, the Lake of the Clouds, 
the Great Gulf, Huntington's Ravine, the 
Alpine Garden, and many others equally 
interesting. Excursions to these points 
give a far better idea of the wildness and 
vastness of this mountain peak than any 
description can do. JSo one should at- 
tempt to visit them without a competent 
guide, however. 

NOT TOO HIGH FOR LITIGATION. 

More than $25,000 has been spent in 
lawsuits about the ownership of the top 
of the mountain, the contestants being a 
Mr. Bellows, of Exeter, and Coe & 
Pingree, of Salem and Bangor. The 
latter finally compromised by purchas- 
ing Bellows' claims. 

THE GENERAL VIEW 

Has justly been called "an epic land- 
scape." The English Alpestrian, La- 
trobe, said that it is magnificent, but 
gloomy. The view-line sweeps around 
a circumference of nearly 1,000 miles, 
embracing parts of five States and the 
Province of Quebec. Within the vast 
circle are seen scores of villages and 
hamlets, and hundreds of mountains, 
with the widening valeys of the chief 
rivers of New Engand. If the peak 
was 5,000 feet higher, the beauty of 
the view would be seriously impaired by 
the indistinctness caused by the greater 
distance. 

THE CLOUD SCENES. 

It would be a misfortune indeed not to 
witness the wonderful transformations of 
clouds that are often spread out beneath 
the level of the summit, in the most ac- 
tive and beautiful of panoramas. The 
writer once witnessed a thunder-storm 
over the valley south-east of the summit, 
when the tops of the clouds were lower 
than the rocks from which it was viewed. 

THE EVENING NEWS MONUMENT 

Was an enterprise begun in 1878 by last 
year's excursion party. It is located on 
a favorable point to the north west of the 
Tip Top House, and to one insensible to 
the possibilities of the future may seem 
not unlike a. pile of stones. It u a mon- 
ument, however, for over it Mr. Burt 
made an oration, and about it the build- 
ers gathered to sing, cheer and otherwise 
dedicate it so that now there is little 
to distinguish it from Bunker or any 
other regularly dedicated monument, ex- 
cept^ its name, and the fact that it is the 
highest monument in America. 



LEAVING THE THE MOUNTAINS. 



45 



THE DESCENT 

Is made in one quarter of the 
time it takes to make the ascent, 
the eight miles from the Summit 
House to the Glen House being 
frequently made in less than one 
hour. 

GLEN ELLIS FALLS, 

Five miles west of the Glen 
House, is one of two superb and 
most picturesque falls in the 
Ellis river; the other being the 
Crystal Cascade, which is but 
three miles from the Glen House. 
"No visit to the mountains is com- 
plete without a trip to these ex- 
quisite natural gems of scen- 
ery. Let the one who considers 
this exaggerated go and look at 
them, and— doubt no more. Glen 
Ellis is 90 and the Crystal Cas- 
cade 110 feet high, and no combi- 
nation of water, rocks, ferns, 
moss and woods could be more 
artistic. 

LEAVING THE MOUNTAINS. 

It will be difficult to express 
the regret with which the stages for Gor- 
ham will be taken. The mountains be- 
come friends, and two days seem all too 
brief to visit with such friends. No one 
is obliged, however, to go on with the ex- 
cursion, but any and all may remain, and 
complete the tour leisurely on any regular 
train. The stages will have to be taken in 
time to catch the 8:53 a. m. train at Gor- 
ham. Saturday, July 12th. 

SHELBOURNE 

Is five miles from Gorham. To the right 
of the station is seen the Winthrop 
House, with Mt. Winthrop towering over 
it. Granny Starbird's Ledge is passed 
just before reaching the station. 

GILEAD, 

Which is the first town we reach in the 
State of Maine, is six miles from Shel- 
bourne Station. It is hemmed in by lofty 
mountains. Fine views of Mts Wash- 
ington, Adams and Jefferson may be had 
from the right. 

WEST BETHEL 

Is ten miles nearer Portland. When 
within five miles of the station, the train 
passes Tumble Down Dick and crosses 
Wild River on a bridge 250 feet long 
Just before arriving at West Bethel the 
railway crosses Pleasant River Concern- 
ing this scenery Starr King wrote : "If 
the railroad approached no nearer to Gor- 
ham than this point, a stage-ride along 
the same route could hardly be rivaled in 
New Hampshire. What a delightful ave- 
nue to the great range it would be ! The 
brilliant meadows, proud of their arching 




GLEN ELLIS FALLS. 

elms ; the full, broad Androscoggin, whose 
charming islands on a still day rise from 
it like emeralds from liquid silver: the 
errand Scotch-looking hills that guard it; 
the firm lines of the White Mountain 
ridge that shoot, now and then, across the 
north, when the road makes a sudden 
turn; and at last, when we reach Shel- 
bourne, the splendid symmetry that bursts 
upon us when the mass of Madison is seen 
throned over the valley itself overtopped 
by the ragged pinnacle of Adams." 

BETHEL. 

The railroad leaves the Androscoggin 
River at this place, a companionship we 
shall be loath to abandon. Locke Moun- 
tain lies to the left and Sparrow Hawk 
Mountain on the right. In the extreme 
right are the peaks of Speckled Mountain 
and the Sunday River White Cap. 

locke's mills, 

Is the name of a station 65 miles from 
Portland, located near South Pond. After 
passing the station the train crosses 
Alder Stream, along which are some 
beautiful glens. 

bryant's pond, 

Which is 700 feet above the] level of the 
sea, lies near the base of Mt. Christopher. 
It boasts, also of a water view, i. e.j the 
pond from which it is named. 

WEST PARIS. 

Is 55 miles or about two hourslifrom 
Portland. To the left the town of 



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PORTLAND. 



Paris may be seen on the side of 
the distant bills. Just before reaching the 
station, the railroad goes down a steep 
grade of 60 feet to the mile. The next 
nine stations are of no special importance 
to the tourist, and will be omitted from 
this description. 

FALMOUTH 

Isj within five miles of Portland, near 



Casco Bay, which may be seen on the left. 
The salt breezes will be more "visible," 
however, than the salt water. Just be- 
yond Falmouth, the train crosses the Pre- 
sumpscott River on a bridge 300 feet long. 
Passing through the town of Westbrook, 
the R. R. crosses Back Cove and Munjoy 
Hill, and arrives at Portland. 



THE EASTERN TERMINATION. 




PORTLAND, FROM THE HARBOR. 

PORTLAND is gained at 1 p. m. Satur- 
day, July Pith. It is the largest city in 
Maine, and here we shall get our 
first glimpse of the sea. It is a pretty, 
well-built town, with many very elegant 
residences. It is located on a little penin- 
sula, extending easterly into Casco Bay, 
and, as the average width of this neck is 
not more than % of a mile, one does not 
have to go very far from any part of the 
city to reach the salt water. The land 
rises from the sides into a kind of ridge 
and at its ends are two quite high hills. 
The tide comes up on both sides of Port- 
land, and the elevation of the city affords 
excellent facilities for drainage, and 



makes it a very healthy place. The Bay 
contains numerous islands, several of 
which are included in the city corpora- 
tion. Very line scenery is enjoyed from 
the elevated portions of this city, which 
is much admired by tourists and of which 
the Porl landers are justly proud. To see 
the surrounding country and the sea to 
advantage, the visitor should go to Mun- 
joy's Hill and to the top of the Observa- 
tory standing there, and use the telescope 
placed there for the purpose of watching 
the ships far out at sea. 

THE FIRST SETTLEMENT 

Was made here in 1632, by an English col- 
ony, but it was not incorporated as a town 
until 1786. It became a city in 1832. Its 
population is in the neighborhood of 40,- 
000. Portland boasts of being the birth- 
place of many celebrities, prominent 
among whom are Henry "VV. Longfellow, 
1ST. P. Willis, and his sister "Fanny Fern." 
Longfellow's childhood home can still 
be seen on Hancock street, corner of Fore, 

THERE ARE TWO DEPOTS 

In Portland, to which the Grand Trunk 
Railroad runs. The first is that of the 







MAT OP 



AND PORTLAND HARBOR. 



ENGBA.VED 

Expressly to illustrate the route of 
the Grand Excursion 



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PORTLAND AND VICINITY. 




OBSERVATORY, PORTLAND. 

Boston & Maine Railway, where those 
who intend going direct to the Beach will 
want to change cars. If baggage is 
checked simply to Portland, without the 
depot being specified, it will go on to the 
next depot. Those changing cars at the 
first depot 

will t h e r e- -%*-«.« *z^lS afcaHll 

fore have to 
see that their 
baggage is 
put off by 
speaking to 
the baggage 
master before 
arriving a t 
Portland. 
The second 
depot is about 
one half 
block f r o m 
the dock of 
the line of 
steamers that 
runs each 
night to Bos- 
ton ; it is also 
about eight 
blocks from 
the Falmouth 
House, which 
will be gener- 
al headquar- 
ters during 
the day. 



HALF - DAY AT 
^PORTLAND. 

May be spent very 
pleasantly by 
those who are 
fond of aquatic 
diversions by tak- 
ing a sail boat at 
the Ferry dock, 
a ml going 
through the ship- 
ping, and visiting 
the breakwater 
light-house. Forts 
Gorges. Preble, 
and Scammel, also 
will be interesting 
places to any per- 
son not accustom- 
ed to the grim 
habiliments of 
war. The water 
is always calm 
enough to sail out 
to the head-lights, 
and Cape Cottage, 
from which points 
the ocean view is 
superb, with its 
distant sail and 
countless waves 
smiling to the sun. 
Cape Cottage and 
vicinity can also 
be reached by carriage drive down 'Cape 
Elizabeth. 

For 25 cents, a tour of all the islands in 
the harbor can be made in the little steam- 
er, from Custom House Wharf. 




PORTLAND HEAO-UOUT. 



SIDE-TRIP TO BOSTON. 



49 




WHITE-HEAD, PORTLAND HARBOR. 



WHITE HEAD— (T'STIING'S ISLAND. 

On the United States coast survey charts 
of Portland Harbor, Cushing's Island is 
styled "Bang's Island," a name by the 
way, that is essentially inappropriate, as 
it is a very quiet and picturesque spot. 
White Head is one of the points of this 
island that should be visited. It presents 
to the sea a precipice of from 100 to 150 



feet in height, and against it the ocean 
lashes itself into white foam— hence the 
name — in its vain effort to break down 
this natural break-water and safeguard to 
the harbor. Do not fail as suggested to 
take the little harbor steamer, that touches 
at each of these islands, making the round 
trip in about two hours, for twenty-five 
cents. 



SIDE-TRIP TO BOSTON. 



ADVANTAGEOUS rates have been 
obtained lor aside trip from Portland 
to Boston, via the steamers of the 
Portland Steam Packet Company and re 
turn by the Boston and Maine R. R. The 
tickets can be obtained at the office of the 
company which is about a block from the 
depot. No beiler use can be made of the 
four days that are allowed at Portland, 
(the Eastern terminus of the excursion 
properj than to take the nine hours' ride 
on the Atlantic ocean, which in July is not 
apt to see much rough weather. 

After spending the Sabbath and Mon- 
day in Boston, the cars of the Boston and 
Maine R. R. can be taken, which will give 
transportation in about four hours to Old 



Orchard Beach, which is on the sea shore, 
eleven miles south of Portland. The price 
of the round trip will be $4.00. The tickets 
will be good to stop over at Boston and 
Old Orchard Beach. 

BOSTON. 

This old and beautiful city, the "Hub" 
of American literary and musical culture, 
is too well known to need description. 
The merest skeleton only of facts and 
dates will be given, which will readily be 
tilled in from the reader's memory. The 
first white resident, was the Rev. John 
Blackstone, who arrived in 1023. In 1635 
he sold his claim to the peninsula, where 
Boston now stands, for £30, and removed 



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BOSTON. 




BOSTON AND VICINITY. 



to Rhode Island. April 24th, 1704, the first 
newspaper, the Boston News Letter, began 
publication; March 5th, 1770, was the Bos- 
ton Massacre, and in 1773 the tea was 
thrown into the harbor by men disguised 
as Indians. The city was incorporated in 
1822 with a population of 45,000. The 
population in 1876 was 341,910, but even 
this gives but a slight idea of the real 
growth and importance of this famous 
city, for it is surrounded by a vast net- 
work of independent cities, whose popu- 
lation is largely interested in the busi- 
ness of Boston. The trains that follow 
each other at intervals of only a few 
minutes on the dozen railways that center 
at this city, afford the same opportunity 
to get in and out from business, that horse 
cars do in smaller places, so the industries 
of Boston can hardly be estimated, unless 
two-thirds ol the population of a hun- 
dred of the smaller adjacent towns 
be included. 
The ground swept of ?80,000.000 worth 



of property, by the terrible fire of Novem- 
ber 9th, 1872, has nearly all been rebuilt in 
the finest possible manner. 

The streets in the oldest part of the 
town are narrow and exceedingly tortuous. 
Those in the newer part are broad and as 
'regular" as the heart of any Philadelphi- 
an could desire. Commonwealth Avenue, 
running parallel with Boylston and Beacon 
streets, is 240 feet wide, f.nd through the 
centre runs a long park with rows of trees; 
on either side are wide drive-ways. 

THE BRUNSWICK HOUSE 

Is sufficiently described by saying that it 
is the finest house in Boston. It will be 
the stopping place of those going on The 
Evening News excursion. The accom- 
modations are superb and ample. 

OBJECTS OF ANTIQUARIAN INTEREST. 

Among "buildings with a history," the 
most interesting in the United States, 
next to Independence Hall, in PiiiladeL- 



BOSTON. 



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BRUNSWICIv HOUSE, BOSTON. 



phia, is Faneuil Hall. This famous edifice, 
the "cradle of liberty," is in Dock Square, 
which also has an historical fame because 
of the meetings of the Revolutionary 
patriots that were held there. The build- 
ing was erected in 1742, by Peter Faneuil, 
a Huguenot merchant, and by him pre- 
sented to the town. The Old State House, 
in Washington street, at the head of State 
street, was erected in 1748, and was for 
half a century the seat of the "Great and 




PUBLIC GARDENS. gOSTON. 



I General Court of Massachusetts," being 
j the building of which such frequent men- 
l tion is made in Revolutionary annals. 
[ Christ Church (Episcopal), in Salem street, 
near Copp's Hill is the oldest church in 
the city, having been erected in 1722. 

THE OLD SOUTH CHURCH, 

Corner Washington and Milk streets, is 
an object of much interest It is of brick, 
i and was built in 1729, on the site where 
the first edifice of the society 
"iad stood since 1669. The 
church was used as a place of 
meeting by the heroes of '76, 
and, during the British oc- 
cupation of the city, was used 
as a place for cavalry-drill. 
Kings' Chapel (Unitarian), 
corner Tremont and School 
streets, was founded in 1686. 
Adjoining the church is the 
first burying-ground establish- 
ed in Boston. In it are buried 
Isaac Johnson, "the father of 
Boston," Governor Winthrop, 
John Cotton, and other distin- 
guished men. 

PUBLIC GARDENS ADJOINING 
THE COMMON. 

Of course every one visiting 
Boston will want to walk 
through the famous old Com- 
mon ; and no one should stop 
until he has crossed the 
separating avenue, and taken 



OLD ORCHARD BEACH. 



a stroll through the public gardens which 
are justly the pride of the residents of this 
city. 

Before leaving Boston, every one should 
take the horse-cars to 

CAMBRIDGE, 

Which will pass the present home of the 
poet, Longfellow, (the former headquar- 
ters of Washington during the Revolu- 
tion) also the famous old Elm Tree 
under which Washington took command 
of the American army; and Harvard Col- 
lege, the wealthiest and most noted of 
American colleges. 



It is hardly necessary to add that 

BUNKER HILL MONUMENT 

Should be visited. The monument may 
be ascended by steps in the interior, and 
a view of unrivaled beauty gained from 
the windows at the top. Not far from 
Bunker Hill (really "Breed's" hilD is the 
Charlestown Navy Yard, where iron-clad 
"monitors" and heavy ordnance mav be 
seen. No visit to Boston is complete "that 
does not include a few hours at the Mu- 
seum of Fine Arts, near the Brunswick, 
or a trip to Hull on board one of the lit- 
tle harbor steamers. 



TWO DAYS AT THE BEACH. 



=^5&2S 




OLD ORCHARD BEACH. 

LEAVING Boston by any regular 
train on the Boston and Maine R. R. 
Monday afternoon, July 14th, a shoit 
ride of about four hours will bridge the 
distance between Boston and 

OLD ORCHARD BEACH. 

This beach is one of the finest of south- 
western Maine, and probably the most fre- 
quented. The beach here is semi-circular, 
smooth and hard as a floor, making a 
magnificent promenade, for those who 
wish to enjoy to the utmost the majestic 
sea. This beach affords the best facilities 
for sea-bathing, from its gradual sloope. 

THE OLD ORCHARD HOUSE 

Is a fine hotel, fronting the sea for a dis- 
tance of 300 feet, and has all modern con- 
veniences and improvements. It stands 
on a hill, and back of it, covering the top of 
the hill, is a fine grove of evergreens, 
which the proprietor has improved with 
seats, walks, etc., for a pleasure ground 
for his guests. This hotel is four and five 
stories high, and handsomely finished 



throughout. Its dining- 
rooms offer all the attrac- 
tions of excellent sea-side 
fare, and the sea-fish of every 
variety, will be found to pos- 
sess the flavor of absolute 
freshness: which cannot al- 
ways be said of those pro- 
cured in western markets. 
This house will be the stop- 
ping place of the excursion. 

A CLAM-BAKE 

Is another thing that visitors 
to the sea side should always 
participate in. This is an 
institution those living far 
inland can never enjoy at 
home: it will be something 
to enjoy en passant, and 
something to remember. 

The manager of the ex- 
cursion will arrange a clam- 
bake for Tuesday afternoon, 
July 15th. 

SURF-BATHING, 

Like the motion to adjourn, is always in 




SURF-BATHING. 



OLD ORCHARD BEACH 




THE OLD ORCHARD HOUSE, AT OLD ORCHARD 15EACH. 



order, but will be most enjoyed two or 
three hours before sunset. 

"Two are company, but three are none," 
may qualify the enjoyment of strolling on 
the beach in the morning when Romeo 
and Juliet desire to see what mosses, star 
or jelly fish, the ebbing tide has left strand- 
ed on the sand, but "two" are not "com- 
pany" while bathing in the surf by any 
manner of means. Fifty are few enough, 
but one hundred are better. 

When the declining sun crowds the 
beach with promenaders, then it is that 
the most bashful and diffident of the 
ladies of the party will emerge from the 
little bathing houses, in a costume that 
would create a positive sensation in the 
hotel parlor, and striding through the 
ranks of admiring spectators with a reck- 
less abandon, wade boldly out into the 
surf. Suffer a suggestion. Let from two 
to ten take hold of hands in the water 
"middle deep," facing the audience and 
with backs to the sea The first wave that 




RETURNING FROM FISHING. 



rolls in simply buoys, but is not large 
enough to break. The second, mayhap is 
larger and lifts the bathers from their feet ; 
but save breath for the traditional 
"seventh wave": the result of this en- 
counter will generally be too ludicrous to 
be seriously described. 

YACHT FISHING. 

Yacht riding and fishing will be found 
to be among the most enjoyable treats at 
the sea-shore. The modus operandi is as 
follows : Let eight or ten make up a vacht 
party and engage any one of the dozen or 
more yacht proprietors who will be found 
lying on the sand of the beach when dis- 
engaged. The bargain should cover use of 
fishing tackle and transportation from 
dry land back to dry land, and for the time 
intervening, at so much an hour. 

The second part consists in the before- 
mentioned proprietor rolling up his pants 
and otherwise preparing to carry the gen- 
tlemen on his back and the ladies in his 
arms to the small boat, which he will 
afterwards push through the surf to 
the yacht, which is lying at anchor 
out in deeper water. 

HOISTING SAIL, 

The yacht will skim out to sea, to lo- 
cations the skipper will recognize as 
favorable for fishing, where anchor will 
be cast and fishing by drop-line, over 
the side of the boat, will be found in- 
teresting and oftentimes exciting 
sport. 

The return trip simply reverses the 
order, and is more conducive to hilar- 
ity than decorum. 



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QUEBEC. 



SEEKING A COOLER CLIMATE. 



rilHE 2 p. m. train on the Grand Trunk 
_|_ Railway at Portland, will be taken 
Wednesday afternoon, July 16th, and 
the general direction of the following 
eighteen hours' travel will be northward, 
to the latitude of Lake Superior. Supper 
will be taken at the Alpine House at 
Grorham 

POINT LEVI. 

After the fatigue of the day lias been 
slept away in your comfortable bed in the 
Pullman sleeping car, you think morning 



has come too soon, as at 6 A. m. the porter 
wakes you up with the information that 
you are nearing Point Levi, where you 
are to leave the cars in order to pass the 
day in exploring the old city opposite, 
which will more than meet the expecta- 
tions of the stranger. Point Levi, which 
stands on the south bank of the St. Law- 
rence, opposite Quebec, is the capital of 
Levis county, and has a population of 
7,000. It is the terminus of the Grand 
Trunk Railway. 



A DAY AT QUEBEC. 




QUEBEC, FliOM POINT LEVI. 



LANDING from the ferry, a calash (a 
unique two wheeled vehicle found 
only in Quebec) or carriage should be taken 
for the St. Louis Hotel, which will be ex- 
cursion headquarters for the day — after 
breakfast, a carriage that will accommo- 
date live persons can be obtained for 85.00 
for the entire day, and as all Quebec hack- 
men are lecturers as well as drivers, no 
further suggestions to the tourist are 
necessary. The steamer for Montreal 
will leave about 5 p.m., and should be 
taken in time to secure berths. These 
may be obtained also at the ticket office 
opposite the St Johns hotel. 



QUEBEC. 



So many adjectives have been exhaust- 
ed upon the beauties and attractions of 
this old town by tourists, that one scarce- 
ly knows how to attempt a description 
without seeming to plagiarize; but what- 
ever may "nave been said, the quaintness 
of the city invariably impresses the tour- 
ist who visits it for the first time with a 
sense of foreignness that makes it difficult 
for him to believe that he has not left the 
American continent, contrasting it, as one 
cannot help doing, with the cities of the 
United States. Their air of self-satisfied, 
prosperous modernness makes Quebec 
appear deliciously crooked, quaint, odd, 



QUEBEC. 



55 



irregular and fascinating. It is built 
upon a high bluff and plain that form part 
of the north bank of the St. Lawrence, or 
as they call it here, 

THE SAN LAURENT, 

and upon a low strip of river front to the 
east of the bluff. The roofs of the houses 
and buildings are almost invariably of tin, 
winch in the bright sun and clear air of 
this northern climate flash and sparkle 
like silver. This brilliant spectacle is 
best enjoyed from the distance as you drive 
through the village of Beauport on your 
way to the Falls of Montmorenci. Here 
the effect is really dazzling, and you in- 
voluntarily think of the descriptions of 
that City whose streets are of "pure gold, 
like unto clear glass, and whose walls are 
garnished with all manner of precious 
stones." Quebec is divided by its loca- 
tion into the upper and lower towns, the 
upper including the citadel, being 

ENCLOSED BY A WALL 

Nearly three miles in length. This was 
formerly pierced by five gates, now nearly 
all dismantled. 

HISTORICALLY CONSIDERED 

It is one of the oldest cities on the conti- 
nent, having been founded in 1008, by 
Champlain. Its site was visited in 1535, 
and possession taken of the land in the 
name of the French, by Jacques Cartier, 
who erected there a wooden cross with 
these words inscribed thereon : Franciscus 
primus, Dei gratia, Francorum Rex, reg- 
nat. Quebec remained the seat of 
French power in America until the de- 
feat of Montcalm in 1759. and as it has 
since been the Queen of the St. Law- 
rence, seated in majesty upon its nat 
ural throne of rock, the great fortress 
of English strength in British America, 
it must possess great interest for the 
well-informed tourist. 



THE CITADEL, 

One of the most impregnable of for- 
tresses, is always of interest to visitors. 
It crowns the head of the Promontory 
of Cape Diamond, which is an im- 
mense rock. 333 feet above the river, 
whose sides are almost smooth enough 
to have been hewn, and with its bris- 
tling cannon pointing in every direc- 
tion, completely commands every ap- 
proach to the city, and gives it the 
name, "Gibraltar of America" The 
fortifications are very extensive, covering 
more than 40 acres; and three quarters of 
a mile up the river, on the Plains of 
Abraham, are two Martello Towers, con- 
nected with the fort by underground pas- 
sages. The Citadel is kept in order by 
British soldiers, who very politely show 
visitors around, and point out all that is 
of interest. 



DURHAM TERRACE, 

In the LTpper Town, is a large platform 
occupying the site of the old castle of St. 
Louis, which was burned in 1834. and as 
it commands the same line prospect it is a 
favorite promenade. It was erected by 
Lord Durham, hence its name. In the 
Public Garden, near by, is the elegant 
monument which was placed there in 1827, 
to the memory of both Wolfe and Mont- 
calm, though these two brave enemies fell 
on the Plains of Abraham, at the close of 
the memorable battle of Sept. 13, 1759, 
when Canada was lost to the French and 
gained for the English. Wolfe died just as 
the victory was decided, and Montcalm on 
being told that his wounds were fatal, 
said: "So much the better, I shall not live 
to see the surrender of Quebec." The 
spot where Gen. Wolfe fell is marked by 
a plain monument on the battlefield, and 
is always visited by tourists. A large 
part of the Upper City is occupied by 
the buildings and grounds of great relig- 
ious corporations, Laval University, the 
Ursulines and the Hotel-Dieu. 

THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL 

Is a large though not very pretentious 
building', capable of seating 4,000 peasons. 
The interior is quite handsome, but its 
chief attractions are its age (it was built 
in 1647 1, and the fine paintings by the old 
masters which it contains. In order to 
enjoy these the visitor should ask the 
sexton for a catalogue, which gives the 
name and location of each picture. He 
will also, if asked, (not otherwise) show 




ARMSTRONG GUN, QUEBEC CITADEL. 

the wonderful robes for the priests, made 
of gold and silver brocade, and jeweled 
with diamonds and rubies. The Semi- 
nary Chapel, connected with this church, 
contains many fine paintings, and should 
be visited without fail. There are many 
other buildings, churches, etc, which it 
would be interesting to visit if one had 
the time, but by this time you have pretty 



56 



QUEBEC. 



well "done" the Upper Town and axe 
ready for dinner. If you take this at the 
St. Louis Hotel you will see almost op- 
posite you, a little to the west, the old 
one-story low-roofed house with dormer 
windows, where the dead body of poor 




A QUEBEC CALASH. 

General Montgomery was laid, on that 
snowy 31st of December, while his young 
wife, the daughter of Judge Robert Liv- 
ingston, was waiting for him at their 
home in the State of New York, where 
she never more heard his voice. 

THE ST. LOUIS HOTEL 

Will be the stopping place for the excur- 
sion. Mr.Willis Russell, the proprietor, al- 
so owns the Russell House. 

BEAUPORT. 

After your early dinner, or lunch, if 
you wish to dine later you are ready 
for a drive to the Falls of Montmorenci, 
through that quaintest of villages, Beau- 
port. For this, if there are 
only two of you who wish 
to go together,take a calash, 
(which is an institution pe- 
culiar to Quebec, being a 
sort of two-wheeled car- 
riage with a cover, drawn 
by one horse; which the 
driver manages very skill- 
fully, going at a great rate 
through the rarrow, crook- 
ed streets without once get- 
ting caught among tlie nu- 
merous other vehicles, as 
you would think he must. 
You pass through a put 
of the Lower Town, which 
is the newer portion of 
Quebec, to the suburb 
called St. Roche. When you 
ride through this prosper- 
ous manufacturing and 
mercantile part of the place, 
remember that 340 years 
ago it was the 

INDIAN VILLAGE OF STADACOXA, 

And herein 1535 its chief, Donnacona, was 
taken from his people and carried by 
Jacques Cartier across the ocean as a gift 



to Francis I., King of France. Soon after 
leaving Roche's Ward, as it is called, vou 
turn into the macadamized road to Beau- 
port, first crossing Dorchester Bridge over 
the St. Charles. Beauport is a single street 
running parallel with the St. Lawrence 
for five miles, and far above it. It 
is a village of long, narrow farms, 
those on the south side of the street 
running to the river, while those on 
the opposite side stretch away to 
the north The houses are one story 
high, nearly all white, and stand 
with one corner to the street, so as 
to break the force of the fierce winds 
that sweep up the river in the win- 
ter. It is the simplest of villages. 
There are no stores, no manufacto- 
ries—nothing but the little homes, 
surrounded by their neat gardens 
filled with brave, old-fashioned flow- 
ers and vigorous vegetables. 

ISLAND OF ORLEANS. 

On the road through Beauport a fine 
view can be had of the island of Orleans, 
which is 19 miles long It is a beautiful 
island, with its dark green woods, fine 
farms and little white villages. 

FALLS OF MONTMORENCI. 

After passing through the village of 
Beauport, your carriage leaves the main 
road and you pass partly around the es- 
tate which, in 1791, was the home of 
the Duke of Kent, Queen Victo- 
ria's father. You can visit his room if 
you wish to. Crossing a bridge over the 
Montmorenci river, your carriage stops in 




FALLS OF MONTMOJRENCI. 



front of a little hotel, or waiting house, 
where you leave it, and passing through 
an enclosure, going a few rods on foot, you 
soon arrive at the brink of a narrow, deep 



SIDE TRIP TO THE SAGUENAY. 



57 



gorge, which is a gap, or inlet in the north- 
ern bank of the St. Lawrence, shaped like 
the thumb of a mitten, with almost verti- 
cal walls of rock entirely around it ex- 
cept where it opens into the St Lawrence. 
When you stop you are about midway be- 
tween the opening and the end of this 
thumb, and directly opposite you, is one 
of the loveliest of cataracts. In the sum- 
mer, when the water in the Montmorenci 
river is comparatively low, the Falls num- 
ber some 12 or 15 narrow silver ribbons 
fringed with lace-like spray which against 
the dark brown rock and abundant green 
foliage above it, look indescribably beauti- 
ful. They are all united in one, when the 
water is high, and plunge 250 feet to join 
themselves with the clear green waters 
of the St. Lawrence. At your feet de- 
scends a staircase with frequent landing 
places, for it is very steep, down which 
^ you can go to the very foot of the Falls ; 
for though you are on the opposite side, 
the gorge is so narrow, that the spray will 
dash over you as you look up. After satis- 
fying yourself with the beauty and grand- 
ness of the scene, for it combines the two 
qualities, you will find the drive back to 
the city pleasant and will have just about 
time to go to your hotel and gather up 



your effects in time for the boat to Mon- 
treal, which leaves the wharf at precisely 
5 o'clock p. m. 

PLAN YOUR DAY. 

By asking the porter at the Hotel to get 
you a carriage as soon as you have had 
your breakfast in the morning, and going 
in clubs, two for a calash, and five or six 
for a hack, excursionists can easily visit 
all the places above described, taking 
them in the order mentioned, and pro- 
bably might visit some of the many other 
places of interest in or near Quebec, if 
they planned to do so, and tried to be ex- 
peditious, and still be ready for the 5 
o'clock boat. 

OFF FOR MONTREAL. 

Not the least delightful part of the day 
is its closing hours on the St. Lawrence. 
The two boats that run between Montre- 
al and Quebec are named after these 
cities, and are about on a par with the 
Hudson River steamers; in other words, 
are immense floating palaces. The views 
along the banks of the river are so fine 
that one feels as if he must not lose the 
time during the three hours of daylight to 
go below for supper, but when he does go 
he finds the supper good and well served. 



SIDE TRIP TO THE SAGUENAY. 



ASIDE trip has been arranged with 
tickets at $10.00 for a three days' trip 
by steamer from Quebec down the St. 
Lawrence to the mouth of the Saguenay, 
thence up the Saguenay to and 40 miles 
beyond Ha Ha Bay. Thus, instead of re- 
turning to Montreal by steamer on the af- 
ternoon of the 17th of July, (Thursday) 
the Saguenay steamer can be substituted, 
which returns to Quebec on Monday, July 
21st. The price of ticket ($10) is a special 
one to members of the excursion only, 
and includes state-room and meals. 

OFF FOR THE SAGUENAY 

The St. Lawrence only begins to show 
itself in its full majesty below Quebec. 
After passing the Island of Orleans in 
one of the luxurious steamers of the St. 
Lawrence steam navigation company one 
finds the narrow channel broadening out 
into a mighty stream whose opposite 
shores can barely be discerned from the 
promenade deck. But let him take a 
parting glance at Quebec from the basin, 
and note what a splendid picture she 
makes: Cape Diamond towering up to 
her crown of battlements, the city with 
spire and dome rising above the shining 
roofs, then to the south the uplands of 
Levis sloping away in terraces to the 
borders of Maine. To the north the Val- 



! ley of the St. Charles, the long white line 
of Beauport, with the Falls, first seen as 

! a slender white thread tumbling down, 
then as a broad band, then as a curtain, 
vanishing as the head of the Island of 
Orleans is swept into view. This island 
is 20 miles long and about five miles wide. 
It has been under cultivation in parts for 
over two centuries, and has a population 
of about 7,000. 

Below the island, on the mainland, the 
Laurentian Mountains form the north 
shore of the river. Cap Tourmente is the 
first spur of any magnitude seen It is a 
bold, picturesque bluff, 1,900 feet high. 

1 The quarantine station of Grosse Isle is a 
charming island, claiming attention from 
the fact that it was one of the barriers to 
the cholera in the epidemic years. When 
ship fever swept oft' the Irish immigrants 
fleeing from the famine, Grosse Isle be- 
came a terrible lazar house. In one grave 
on that island lie 7,000 victims to the fe- 
ver 

Numerous beautiful islands swarming 
with wild fowl are passed. The histori- 
cal Baie St. Paul, guarded by Isle Aux 
Coudres, or Hazel' Island, swings into 
sight, and at the landing uncouth speci- 
mens of rural French Canadians will af- 
ford the tourist opportunity for study. 

i From here to Murray Bay, a famous 



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SIDE-TRIP TO SARATOGA. 



watering place, the scenery is of the most 
enchanting; character; the eye feasts upon 
beauty with every mile of progress made. 
Ten miles below the bay The Pilgrims, a 
a curious group of islands, will be pointed 
out. They are visible at a great distance, 
and what is remarkable, seldom present 
the same appearance twice to the beholder. 
The mirage is constantly present in the 
neighborhood of these rocks. 

Eiviere du Loup, or Fraserville, is the 
terminus of the Intercolonial Railway, 
whence communication may be had by 
rail with Halifax and St. John, N. B. 
Two splendid waterfalls can be seen at 
Eiviere du Loup, which is a charming 
summer resort. After a stoppage at Ca- 
couna, the Newport of Canada, 'the most 
fashionable of summer resorts, a run of 
20 miles due north brings us to Tadousac. 
at the mouth of the Saguenay. This will 
be about evening, and the tourist will find 
the advantage of some warm wraps. If 
the day has been warm the breeze from 
the Saguenay will come down laden with 
heat, however, from the radiation of the 
warmth absorbed by the rocks. 

The Saguenay is a tremendous cleft in 
the Laurentian range, apparently the 
consequence of some awful convulsion of 
nature. Tadousac, at its mouth, is an 
older settlement than Quebec, and has a 
church which is the most ancient on the 
continent. The place is very fashionable, 
and the sea bathing superb. The St.Law- 
rence here is as salt as the sea. The 
scenery is simply gorgeous. Mountain, 
forest and flood going to make up a whole 
which cannot well be described in re- 
stricted space. From this point to Chi- 
coutimi, about 100 miles, the highest 
point to which the steamer ascends, there 
is hardly a foot of the way lacking in in- 



terest and grandeur. Almost at every 
turn new beauties are discovered: here a 
placid bay, there a green island rising out 
of the dark waters, yonder foaming cas- 
cades, tumbling over precipitous rocks, a 
quarter of a mile at a bound! The shores 
rise from the water in inaccessible cliffs, 
brown and bare save for here and there a 
scrambling dwarf pine or a few blue-ber- 
ry bushes There is no beach. In some 
places the steamer might run beside the 
rucks and have 1,000 feet of water under 
her keel. It is remarkable that the Sag- 
uenay is very much deeper than the St. 
Lawrence. Into some of its depths plum- 
met has never yet found bottom. 

All is rugged, huge and impressive in 
this mysterious river. Two appalling 
headlands are those whicn guard the en- 
trance to Eternity Bay, Capes Trinity and 
Eternity. Cape Trinity is composed of 
three immense bluffs, some 1900 feet high. 
Cape Eternity is but little inferior in 
height, and neither have equals in rugged 
majesty in the world. One feels, when 
the steamer glides by, a sort of sensation 
that the rock is about to topple over. The 
echoes in the Saguenay are superb and as- 
tonishing. As Ha Ha is reached and 
the vessel steams across its land-locked 
waters, one begins to feel a regret at not 
being able to stay and have a shy at the 
numerous accessible amusements of 
shooting, fishing, swimming. But the 
stoppage is short, and after a few hours' 
stav we move on to Chicoutimi, at the 
foot of Lake St. John. The return voy- 
age is equally pleasing with the descent, 
for the boats are excellently kept, the 
table is luxurious, the hotels along the 
route well kept, and the company gener- 
ally entertaining. 



SIDE-TRIP TO SARATOGA. 



WHILE at Montreal, after the return 
from Quebec by steamer on the St. 
Lawrence, (one of the most enjoya- 
ble portions of the route, as the steamers 
are little short of fioating palaces) two or 
three days could not be more profitably 
spent than in taking a run " up " to Sara- 
toga and back. Side trip tickets will be 
for sale to those holding our general ex- 
cursion tickets only, at the ticket stand 
in the office rotunda of the Windsor Ho- 
tel The tickets will be good either way 
by steamer or railway, and for the round 
trip from Montreal to Saratoga and re- 
turn the price will be $12.50. 

The tourist can hardly select a route 
anywhere in this country upon which in 
the same distance there is so much to be 
seen of deep interest as that from Mon- 
treal, through Lake Champlain and Lake 



George, to Saratoga and return. Some of 
the finest lake scenery in the world is en- 
joyed, while the route lies through the 
most stubbornly contested regions of the 
revolutionary war, and is rich in antiqua- 
rian remains. Besides all this the tourist 
has a glimpse of the most fashionable 
watering-place life on the American con- 
tinent. 

Leaving Montreal, the first object to at- 
tract attention is the magnificent Victoria 
bridge upon which we cross to the south 
bank of the St. Lawrence. Some very 
pretty country engages our attention till 
we reach 

THE NATIONAL BOUNDARY, 

Two hours ride from Montreal. The line 
here is not marked by any natural con- 
formation of river or mountain range, 



SIDE- TRIP TO SARATOGA. 



59 







but is simply an arbitrary line like that 
dividing one township from another. It 
will be pointed out, however, by tbe brake- 
man or conductor, and is an object of in- 
terest to most travelers. At the point 
where this line crosses the River Richelieu 
the outlet of Lake Champlain, stands the 
old revolutionary fort Montgomery, still 
maintained by the United States govern- 
ment as commanding the outlet of Lake 
Champlain, and which may easily be seen 
from the railroad. 

At Plattsburg we may, if we choose, 
take a branch road to 

THE FAMOUS Al* SABLE CHASM, 

One of the grandest canons to be found 
east of the Rocky Mountains; or if we de 
sire to push on we have the option of con- 
tinuing our journey by rail or taking the 
steamer on Lake Champlain. If we" take 
the rail we shall have more time at Fort 
Ticonderoga, and those of antiquarian 
tastes wilf select that mode of travel ; but 
all who want to enjoy the most magnifi- 
cent half day's steamboating they ever 
experienced will remain over night at 
Plattsburg, and bright and early next 
morning take the fine steamer Vermont 
for 

A SAIL UP LAKE CHAMPLAIN. 

The lake is nanow and smooth. On 
either side rise grandly the Green Moun- 
tains of Vermont and the Adirondacks of 
New York. We touch at Burlington, the 
chief city of the Green Mountain State, 
but all our other stops are on the west or 
New York shore of the lake. At Fort 
Henry extensive iron works attract the 
attention, and a little beyond, the old for- 
tifications of Crown Point, which the 
reader of revolutionary history will asso- 
ciate with the early scenes of the war. 
They should be pointed out by the cap- 
tain, as they are not identical with the 
stopping place known as Crown Point. 
A fine dinner is obtainable on the boat, 
and soon thereafter the lake narrows to a 
mere river, and, metaphorically, we pass 
under the guns of 

FORT TICONDEROGA. 

Its ruined buildings are plainly seen 
from the boat, but the distance is such 
I from the landing place that they are not 
easily visited unless we stop over on pur- 
pose. Fort Ticonderoga was probably 
1 the strongest fortification that figured in 
I revolutionary history, unless it be that of 
Quebec. It was built by the French just 
prior to their surrender of Canada to the 
British, and is said to have cost some mil- 
lions of dollars. 

A short bit of railroad carries us up an 
elevation of 240 feet to Baldwin, at the 
foot of 

LAKE GEORGE, 

The most beautiful and romantic lake in 
America. Its banks are lined with moun- 



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SIDE-TRIP TO SARATOGA. 




AU SABLE CHASM. 

tains often rising precipitously hundreds 
of feet. The lake is narrow and winding, 
affording a constantly changing view, and 
its shores and numerous islands are dot- 
ted over with scores of pretty little cot- 
tages the summer homes of wealthy New 
Yorkers. Lake George is identical with 
Horicon Lake of Cooper's novels. The 
lake is 36 miles long and the ride up it 
the event of a life time. At the head is 
the village of Caldwell and 

FORT WILLIAM HENRY HOTEL, 

An immense summer caravansary capa- 
ble of accommodating 400 guests and ad- 
mirably kept. In the parlors and on the 
spacious piazzas of an evening we 
get a capital glimpse of the luxury of 
fashionable life— music, dancing, promen- 
ading, boating on the lake, and quiet en- 
ioyment of the surroundings in a com- 



fortable chair on the 333- 
f eet-long piazza. A before- 
breakfast climb to the top 
of the neighboring Pros- 
pect Mountain, 2,000 feet 
high, will give one an un- 
doubted appetite. Another 
little antiquarian explora- 
tion is had among the ru- 
ins of Fort George, a relic 
of the French war and of 
Sir William Johnson's ad- 
mirable Indian administra- 
tion. 

From Fort William Hen- 
ry old-time 4-horse stages 
carry us over a pleasant 
country road to 

GLENS FALLS 

On the Hudson, one of the 
most important water- 
powers and lumber manu- 
facturing places in New 
York State. A lay-over 
here for one train will well 
repay the traveler. Here 
we take the train again, 
follow the river, with its 
jams of logs, reminding 
one of our Michigan rivers 
at certain seasons, for some 
distance in a southerly di- 
rection, then strike across 
the country to 

SARATOGA, 

The Baden Baden of Amer- 
ica. No matter how much 
a stranger to fashionable 
life one may be he can 
hardly fail to enjoy a stay 
of a day or two' at this 
place. The mineral waters 
are most refreshing, par- 
ticularly those of the Con- 
gress Spring, and are free 
to all. The streets and hotels are thronged 
with beauty and gaiety, and so much of 
life and brilliancy is seldom seen so close- 
ly congregated elsewhere. The whole 
town overflows with it, and the transient 
guest, though a stranger, cannot fail to 
enjoy the experience, The hotels of Sar- 
atoga rank quite among the wonders of 
the world. The three leading ones — the 
Grand Union, the United States and Con- 
gress Hall — have a capacity for 2,500 
guests each, and these are only three out 
of about fifty. 

THE RETURN TO MONTREAL 

May be varied by stopping off either at 
Westport or Plattsburg, and staging due 
west from ten to twenty miles and visit- 
ing the well-known and much-frequented 
resorts in the Adirondack mountains. 
The mountains lie all along the western 



THE VACATION TERxMINATES. 



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shore of lakes Champlain and George, but demand the quiet and rest necessary to 

to get into the very heart of this beautiful reflect upon and digest what has been 

and romantic region.the suggestions above seen. Such a place may be easily found in 

will have to be followed. All the previ- the nooks of the Adirondacks, for hotels 

ously mentioned portion of this excursion and boarding houses abound on every 

may be taken in with comparative haste, side 

but the inclination of the tourist will now i 



THE VACATION TERMINATES. 



THE plans of the sleepers on the G. T. 
R. R. will be found at the ticket stand 
in the office rotunda of the Windsor 
Hotel, Montreal. 

Sleepers secured, they should be occu- 
pied before 10 p. m., as that is the time for 
starting west. 

ALEXANDRIA BAY, N. Y., 

Which will be passed on the return from 
Montreal, is merely a widening of the St. 
Lawrence River, but is filled with a por- 
tion of the rocky islands of the Thousand 
Islands which here find their maximum of 
beauty. Among the islands of this bay, 
the most famous Ashing and boating 
'•grounds" of the river are situated, and 
no more delightful way of employing the 
unexpired portion of the excursion ticket 
could be found, than to stop off at one of 
the points on the G. T. R. R. opposite, and 
take the ferry across the St. Lawrence 
to the 

THOUSAND ISLAND HOUSE, 

Which is situated at the head of, and over- 
looking the bay. This house is strictly 
first-class in all of its appointments, and 
has deservedly become a popular Summer 
resort. 

TORONTO. 

A day may be profitably spent at Toronto, 
which will be reached the morning after 
leaving Montreal. The Queen's Hotel 
will offer the hospitalities of that interest- 
ing city, and afford an excellent resting 
place- 

THE CROSSING AT PORT HURON. 

Is at the upper part of St. Clair River, 



and in sight of Lake Huron. The river at 
this crossing is very deep and the current 
quite rapid. A stop of one hour will be 
made at this place for supper and the ex- 
amination of baggage by the Custom 
House officers. 

The ladies who have purchased silks, 
laces, kid gloves, etc , etc., in Quebec and 
Montreal, will have to unlock their trunks 
with a steady hand and innocent-looking 
face, else the said officials will become 
suspicious, and the latter experience of 
the excursionist will be worse than the 
first; for not only are smuggled goods 
confiscated, but the smuggler is generally 
heavily fined. It remains a lamentable 
fact, however, that the majority of ladies 
who do smuggle escape detection. 

CALL AT OUR OFFICE. 

The proprietors of The Evening News 
will be pleased to see the returning ex- 
cursionists at the publishing house, JSTo, 
65 Shelby street. Detroit, where not the 
least of the points of interest in the ex- 
cursion tour will be the press-room of this 
paper, where, any afternoon between 2 
and 5.30 o'clock the printing of the regu- 
lar edition of 22,000 papers may be wit- 
nessed. 

EXPRESS YOUR OPINION. 

As it is the intention of the manager of 
this excursion to repeat the tour in 1880, 
it will be of value as well as a personal 
satisfaction, to receive a candid and dis- 
criminating criticism of the route, man- 
agement, etc.etc, after their return home, 
from those who have participated in the 
"third'' annual excursion tour, 



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RUSSELL' 




ST. LOUIS HOTEL, 

QUEBEC, 

Patronized by their Excellencies the Governor 

General of Canada and Countess 

of DufTerin. 



This Hotel, which is unrivaled for size, style and locality in Quebec, 
is open through the year for pleasure and business travel, having accom- 
modation for 500 guests. 

It is eligibly situated in the immediate vicinity of the most delightful 
and fashionable promenades, the Governor's Garden, the Citadel, the 
Esplanade, the Place D'Armes, and Durham Terrace, which furnish the 
splendid views and magnificent scenery for which Quebec is so justly cele- 
brated, and which is unsurpassed in any part of the world. 



THE RUSSELL HOTEL COMPANY, 



WILLIS RUSSELL, 

President. 



ISLAND POND HOUSE, ISLAND POND.VT., 



D. STONE, Manager 



ALSO 



Stewart House, 

ISLAND POND, VERMONT, 

D. STONE, MANAGER. 

Adjoining the Island Pond House, and connected with it by a covered walk, will be 

opened for guests. 

^Trains from Montreal, Quebec and Portland, all stop about one hour for 
meals. Meals served at all hours. Board from $1.00 to $2 00 per day Special ar- 
rangements made for Board by the week. 

^Daily Stage from Island Pond to Newport. A good livery connected with 
the house. 



ISLAND POIYD, VT. 

WHAT, AND WHERE IS ISLAND POND ? 

It is a small village of 1200 Inhabitants, in the 
north-east section of Vermont, close to the 
Boundary line. It is located on the Grand 
Trunk Railroad, midway between Montreal and 
Portland, the distance to each city being 150 
miles. A point whereat ail trains stop from 
one to two hours for meals, and the examina- 
tion of passengers' baggage going in and com- 
ing out of Canada. Connected with all parts of 
the Dominion and the United States by tele- 
graph. 

The village is situated on a height of land 
over 1300 feet above the level of the sea, tb" di- 
viding point or water shed into the AMantic to 
the south and the Gulf of St. Lawrence to the 
nortn, and with its noticeably pure and bracing 
atmosphere, the place is one of the most health- 
ful mountain towns in New England. The 
country lying about is almost an unbroken 
wilderness, with clearings however, made by 
the tire or axe, with a plentiful proportion of 
mountains and hills. 

Mount Bluff, an eminence 1200 feet high, rises 
abruptly on the north of the village, and from 
its summit, three miles distant, a magnificent 
view may be obtained. The White Mountains 
of New Hampshire, certain parts of the Green 
Mountain Range, and Owl's Head, rising from 
the side of Lake Memphremagog, in Canada, 
are all distinctly visible, with an intervening 
expanse of forest, mountain, river and lake, 
which, once seen, can hardly fade from the 
memory. 

The name. Island Pond, implies that there is 
water near by. The village is located upon the 
banks of a mountain lake, three and one-half 
miles long, and one mile wide, and the view of 
this picturesque sheet of water, with its promi- 



i nent island in the foreground, is one of the 
characteristic of the place. During the summer 
months a small steam yacht plies for the con- 
venience of pleasure parties, while small craft, 
from the tidy sail boat to the bark canoe, are al- 
so to be found, if desired. There are four 
churches in the place. 

To the lover of the rod and line, Island Pond 
furnishes strong attractions, in the vicinity of 
the hotels, ranging from one to sixteen miles 
distant, are fifteen mountain lakes, and numer- 
ous streams, which can be reached some by 
train in twenty minutes, and others by an 
hour's drive over good roads and through the 
most picturesque parts of the state. All these 
waters abound in trout from the small pan fish 
to the noble three and four pounder, and so 
easy of access that ladies with a taste for the 
gentle art, can enjoy a day's trout fishing. To 
the lover of camp life, tramps of five and ten 
miles through the forest, with really good fish- 
ing at the end, repay him for his exertions. 

It remains to say a word as to the boarding 
accommodations of the place. There are two 
large hotels, connected by a covered walk, and 
now under the same management. The older of 
these, the Island Pond House, has been long 
and most favorably known to the traveling 
public. The house with which this is connect- 
ed, the Stewart House, is modern in its ap- 
pointments, and but just finished and opened. 
This second house alone contains sixty-three 
sleeping apartments ; it has wide and beautiful 
piazzas from which unsurpassed views of the 
surrounding country can be obtained. 

Its first-class hotel accommodations, beauti- 
ful drives and rides, fine boating and fishing, 
and picturesque scenery, the advantages of two 
daily mails, telegraph offices, and a direct rail 
route, cannot fail to render Island Pond the 
popular resort for the tourist, artist, business 
man and disciple of Walton. 



THE NIAGARA HOUSE, 



That portion of the travelingpublic which has 
been more or less acquainted with the appear- 
ance and hotel accommodations of the Niagara 
House, at Niagara Falls, during the u any years 
of its existence— a period covering the better 
portion of Niagara's popularity as an American 
summer resort— will find that ancient hostelrie 
so changed in its internal arrangements and 
furnishing, under its new management, that its 
former proprietors would hardly recognize the 
place. Since the retirement of Messrs. Lewis & 
Davie, and the subsequent decision of Mr. R. D. 
Porter, the owner of the property, to turnish 
and run the hotel himself, the house has been 
thoroughly and completely renovated from cel- 
lar ta garret. The ceilings have been frescoed, 
the walls papered, the wood-work painted, the 
halls and stairways dressed with new carpets, 
and every room in the house newly fitted up 
with handsome carpeting, elegant furniture, 
and every modern hotel convenience. The en- | 
trance to the hotel has been enlarged, na>w I 



I doors hung, the windows to the reception-room 
j lowered, the office greatly improved in appear- 
I ance, the parlors tastefully and handsomely 
furnished, the bar rearranged and newly fitted 
I up, a barber-shop and wash-room provided, the 
kitchen thoroughly overhauled, and even the 
grounds surrounding the hotel have shared in 
i the general renovation, of the property. The 
' hotel as it now stands is as neat and cosy a 
public inn as any visitor with ordinary wants 
could desire. It is to be run as a $2 per day 
house, and with the accommodations it fur- 
nishes the hotel ought to become very popular 
with a good portion of the traveling public. 
The management of the house has been en- 
trusted to Mr. Sanford Wheaton, a gentleman 
qualified by experience and ability to most sat- 
isfactorily discharge the duties of a landlord. 
Mr. Stewart Porter, a son of the owner of the ho- 
tel, is associated with Mr. Wheaton in the man- 
agement of the house. 



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RAIL "W j±.ir . 

(Formerly the Detroit & Milwaukee R. R.) 

THE SHORTEST, QUICKEST I MOST DIRECT LINE 

From Northern Michigan and the Great Northwest, to 

New York, Boston, Buffalo, Albany, Syracuse, Roch- 
ester, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, and 
all points in the Eastern States and Canada. 

From Milwaukee and Northwest points to Detroit or any point East, 
this route will save ioo miles in distance, $300 in Railway fare and $2.00 
for sleeping-car fare. 



Passengers to and from Chicago will find this a pleasant Summer Route 
which will enable them to enjoy a pleasant sail on Lake Michigan, besides 
affording a good night's rest in a large airy state-room on board one of 
Goodrich's magnificent side-wheel steamers free of charge, thereby 
saving sleeping-car fare and being free from the dust of Railway summer 
travel. 

Passenger cars are equipped with the Westing House air-brake. The 
track is laid throughout with steel rails. Four Express trains daily — East 
and West. Dr. Horton's celebrated Reclining Chair and Sleeping-Car at- 
tached to all through trains. 

For information and tickets via this route, apply to all Railroad Ticket 
Agents, or to 

HARRY BRADFORD, Passenger Ag't, 395 Broadway, Milwaukee, Wis. 

J. W. DREW, City Ag't, Rathbun House, Grand Rapids. Or to 

J. F. McCIiURE, 

Ass't Gen'l Ticket Ag't, Detroit. 



The most shiftless thing in this world is a 
Vassar College student taking a bath. 

Call the next baby Elaine, after Tennyson's 
heroine. Then, when she is cross, call her the 
Madelai n e.— Globe Democrat. 

Carlyle considers children a loan. This is 
better than considering them together. Much 
better.— Danbury News. 



Detroit nearly bursts with vanity over the fact 
that Mehemet Ali's real name is Detroit. 

A man who was fooled into buying a pinch- 
beck watch called it Faith, because it was with- 
out works and therefore dead. 

When a young ludy offers to nem a cambric 
handkerchief for a rich bachelor, depend upon 
it she means to sew in order that she may reap. 



DETROIT AND CLEVELAND DAILY LINE 




Magnificent Slda- Wheel Passenger Steamers, 



CITY OF DETROIT, 

Capt. Wm. McKAY. 



JSOKTHWEST, 

Capt. D. A. McLACHLAM, 
Leave Detroit, M. C. R. R. Wharf, 10.30 p. m., Daily (except Sunday), to all points in the East 
and South. No charge for Staterooms! Consult your comfort! Eojov a good night's rest! Avoid 
the heat and dust of rail travel! B iggage checked through. Tickets for sale at all railroad ticket 
offices; on board Steamers ; and at Company's office, foot Wayne street. Detroit. 

D. CARTER, Manager, Foot Wayne St., Detroit. 




Why will young men throw away their time and money attending an inferior 
institution? Goldsmith's (B & S.) Business University, of Detroit, Mich., has no 
superior, and is not equaled by one in fifty. Students and graduates from nineteen 
different so-called business colleges and commercial schools located in seven differ- 
ent States, have attended this institution, after attending said institutions 
from two weeks to six months. They all acknowledge their great mistake in not en- 
tering this institution in the first place, saving time and money thereby, and getting 
superior instruction. The counting-house system of actual business, the best ever 
introduced, is used at this institution, requiring a bank, business offices, board of 
trade, etc., giving it facilities for obtaining a knowledge of accounts, business papers 
and business customs not possessed by any similar institution. 

Those wishing to enter a Business College where a thorough practical business 
education can be obtained, should ask the business men of Detroit where it can best 
be had. 

College paper mailed free. 

The man who has been looking for a sea ser- I When yon detect clove in the breath, lookout 
pent all summer has returned and is looking for the cloven foot, 
for an oyster iu a church fair stew. He was a well-meaning man, but they had 

Banks may "bust" and "go up" but we defy been married a long while, and when heplay- 
them to get any of our money to soar with. We I fully asked her what was next to nothing, she 
deposit our spare change with delinquent sub- sarcastically answered that at this season of the 
soribers and none of them will ever go up.— I year she thought his winter flannels were. — 
Whitehall Times. Norwich Bulletin. 



HEALTH LIFT ! 

ParlorsatNo. 119 Griswold St., Moffat Block, Detroit. 



The Opinions of well known Citizens of Detroit, concerning- the merits 

of >he Health Lift. 



The Evening News in its issue of January 
15th, 187H published a three-column article con 
cerning the Health Lilt, which contained the 
results of interviews with twelve of the leading 
citizens of Detroit. From this article the fol- 
lowing extracts have been taken : and although 
no attempt is made to preserve the connection, 
they will fairly illustrate the spirit of the whole: 

David Carter. 

When The News man called at the office of 
the Detroit & Cleveland steamboat company, 
foot of Shelby street, and Inquired for Mr Car- 
ter, Mr. Henderson politely gestured with his 
thumb in the direction all reporters expect to 
go, and said, "He's up there, lifting." Ascend- 
ing the stairs, and accepting a proffered chair, a 
"what's this?" accompanied by an indicating 
motion of the foot, was answered by Mr. Car- 
ter's, "Oh ! that is my Health Lift machine. 1 
used to lift at Farnsworth's rooms, in the Moffat 
Block, but finally bought a machine lor my own 
use." 

"What do they ask for them ?" 

"I paid seventy-five dollars for this." 

"Have you used it long?" 

"About a year." 

"How do you like it?" 

"It is the best thiEg I have ever tried in the 
way of exercise." 

"Isn't that putting it a trifle strong?" 

"Notabit. Feel of that!" and an arm was 
offered that showed a superior muscular devel- 
opment. "I owe the most of that to this. Why, 
I can lift 075 lbs., and I take it that that is a fair 
lift for a man of my build." 

"Couldn't you get all the exercise you need by 
walking down from your residence?" 

"Not exactly. Walking develops only part of 
the body, but this seems to effect and stimulate 
every portion of the system." 

"Can you find time to attend to it?" 

"It doesn'i take much time; not more than 
ten or fifteen minutes a day, and I feel enough 
better after exercising to think that I had saved 
time instead." 

George H. Smith, 

The senior member of the well-known book 
firm of E. B. Smith <te Co., has not given him- 
sell'to book knowledge alone, buthas judicious- 
ly accumulated an amount of muscle that is 
astonishing when one considers the space 
available for its accomraodatinn, "I am not so 
large as some others," he said, "but I have fre- 
quently lifted 675 pounds on one ol the Health 
Lifts." 

"Don't you think it strains and hurts you to 
lift so much?'' 

"I didn't do it the first time I lifted. I began 
low and gradually worked up into the heavy 
weights." 

"Has Mr. Farnsworth any special scale of 
weights to be lifted from day to day ?" 

"The New York manufacturers issue printed 
tables that are carefully graded and adapted to 
any desired weight. The rule is not to advance 
more than five pounds per day." 

•You like it, then ?" 

"Yes." 

"In what way do you feel a benefit?" 

"It broadens and strengthens my chest and I 
feel stronger and in better health." 

"Any other way?" 



"My wife notices and remarks it if I skip a 
day." 

"How so?" 

"Oh ! if I don't lift I am ap' to feel inclined to 
lie down on the sofa and rest after dinner, and 
she notices that I don't feel as well as on the 
days I lift." 

"That's singular." 

"Its a simple fact, and I would as soon ac- 
count for it some other way , if I could, but I 
can't. 

C. R. Mahley. 

"Mr. Mabley, are you prepared to raise your 
right hand and solemnly swear that you think 
this Health Lift exercise papsf" 

"I know it does. I know it does !" 

"How t'o you know it?" 

"Because— I'll tell you. Iu the first place I 
don't have much time to spare, and I can step 
over here auy time, and lam not away from 
business more than 20 minutes a day." 

"Well." 

"Then a man needs something of the kind, 
and this seems to exactly fill the bill." 

"Have you given it a fair trial?" 

"It think so. This is my second quarter, and 
I am having my daughter exercise too. She 
likes it, and I think it is a capital thing for 
her. 

M. S. Smith. 

Mr. Smith has a private office in the front of 
the floor above his jewelry salesroom, so ar- 
ranged that above a neat gas-log grate in the 
corner is an obliquely arranged mirror, which 
shows the whole interior of the room to the one 
occupying the chair behind the screen. 

Exchanging nods of recognition through the 
mirror, the reporter passed in, and, appropriat- 
ing the heat from the grate by unfolding his 
hands behind him until they prevented any 
further radiation, he remarked : 

" I understand that you are not now using the 
Health Lift that you commenced upon fifteen 
months ago. Have you any objections to stat- 
ing why?" 

"No, not at all. I have tried a great many 
kinds of exercise, and have had a private trym- 
nasium built at my house, where I can practice 
between 6 and 7:30 every morning; for I find 
that that is about the only time of day I can be 
ablp to attend to it regularly." 

"Yes, but about the Health Lift?" 

"I was going to say— I commenced lifting at 
Farnsworth's rooms, and was so much pleased 
and benefited that I bought one of his machines 
and put it in my gymnasium, hut it took up so 
mu en room that I was foolish enough to ex- 
change it for one of the little machines that 
have been sold in in the city, but which are 
comparatively worthless." 

"How so ?" 

"It seems to be constructed on a wrong prin- 
ciple, for there is no elasticity about it, and it 
is much inferior to the larger and "reactionary" 
] lift. It is so much inferior that I do not use it 
at all." 

"You refer to the little machines with a stout 
spiral spring in the handles?" 

"Yes ?" 

"What do you think of the one you traded off?" 

"1 made a mistake in letting it go. I liked it 
very much, and should begin the exercise again 
if I could spare the time." 



jjgHPStrangers are always welcome. 



B. B. BARNSWOBTH, Manager. 

No. 119 Griswold Street, Detroit, Mich. 



Manhattan Beach. 



NEAR NEW YOBK CITY. 



"W IEI.A.T X O SEE THERE 



make hourly observations of the air currents, atmos- 
pheric density, humidity, &c, preparatory to the con- 
struction of a monster balloon in which he proposes to 
cross the ocean next season, starting from .Manhattan 
Beach. 

8. Gilmore's Baud. Gilmore's famous full mili- 
tary band (50 pieces), the most celebrated band in the 
United States, engaged at great cost for the entire 
summer, give grand free open-air concerts every af- 
ternoon and evening.from 3 to 5 and from 6.30 to 9 "p.m. 

9. The Far- Famed " Levy,'' indisputably the 
greatest Cornet player in the world, will play several 
selections at each concert. The summer-night con- 
certs at Manhattan Beach cannot be surpassed in the 
United States. Such a combination as "Gilmore's 
Band" and "Levy," has never been attempted before 
at any watering place in this country. For 50 cents 
one can go from New York City to Manhattan Beach 
and return, and listen to two concerts that could not 
be heard elsewhere at less than $1.50 each. 

10. The Marine Kail-way. A lovely ride along the 
entire front of the magnificent estate belonging to the 
Manhattan Beach Company. Fare from the hotel 
grounds to the Fast Fnd and return (four miles), 10 
cents. Fare between Manhattan Beach Hotel and the 
west end of its property (near Hotel Brighton), 5 cts. 

11. The East End. At the extreme east end of 
Manhattan Beach there is a pleasant Pavilion, afford- 
ing the most delightful views of the Ocean, Sheeps- 
headBay, Rockaway and the many islands of Jamaica 



1 The Grand Hotel, the largest of its kind in the 
world— fronting 660 feet on the ocean— a model of sea- 
side architecture, unsurpassed in its arrangements for 
the comfort and convenience of sea-side visitors. 

•' The Great Pavilion, the finest on the coast. 
One-half of it is reserved for Picnic Parties, with ta- 
bles seats and attentive waiters free of charge. It 
h-is'alreadv liecome famous for its moderate charges 
and the cuisine of its restaurant, especially its fish 
dishes. 

1 Surf Bathing at Manhattan Beach is unequaled. 
At'a cost of *125,oo0 the finest bathing establishment in 
existence has been erected and furnished. Manhattan 
p'eieh is conceded l>v all to be the best on the coast. It 
has a Ion" gentle slope of firm sand, with no bars, pit- 
fills or undertow; the surf is even and pleasant, and 
the. temperature of the water delightful. The exten- 
sive Laundry furnished with costly steam washers, 
wringers and dryers, enables the Bathing Company to 
keeD all articles of dress in the best possible condition, 
and this is the only bathing establishment where bath- 
ine suits are thoroughly Cleansed, The suits are car- 
ried to the laundry from all parts of the immense es- 
tablishment by ingenious pneumatic machinery. Life- 
lines surround the entire bathing grounds, and Life- 
boats' witli experienced sailors, are kept constantly 
outside for the immediate aid and relief of any bather 
that may require it. 220.000 people bathed here in 18,8 
without an accident or the approach to one. 

4 The Eadies' Bathing Pavilion, exclusively for 
ladies and children; only female attendants allowed. ^ 

r't has sou large rooms, and is patronized by an average l Bay Tn ' e restaurant is fully supplied with all delica 
of over" ooo ladies daily. All rooms have gas and run- ' 
nine water. The elegant ladies' parlor and dressing 
room panelled with French mirrors, is something 
uniaue in tne way of sea-side bathing accommoda- 
tions Realizing the fact that many ladies hesitate to 
bathe bv reason' of the necessity of elbowing their way 
to and from the water through crowds of curious peo- 
ple on the beach, we have enclosed THE SPACE DI- 
RECT I Y IN FRONT OF THE BUILDINGS FOR 
BATHERS To insure perfect order, Policemen con- 
stantly patrol this enclosed space. There are also 150 
rooms fitted up for hot salt-water baths, where this 
great luxury and remedial agency can be enjoyed in 
comfort. 

5 The Gentlemen's Bathing Pavilion has 1,900 
rooms 1 100 of which have gas and running water. 
'< imi persons can bathe at one time. From '2,500 to 
1 : > 000 people bathe daily at Manhattan Beach. Im- 
mense safes are provided in both Pavilions for safe 
keening of valuables without charge; only 25 cents is 
charged for bathing (suits included )-no more than is 
charged at the most indifferent place on the coast. 

fi The Amphitheatre is a beautiful and novel 
building free to bathers and children, only 10 cents 
admission to others. It fronts the bathing grounds, 
affords a place b.r watching the bathing in comfort, 
while listening to music by members of Gilmore s 
Band who play in this building daily from 1 to 2.30, 
3.30to4.30, and 5 to 0.15 P. M. 

7 The Immense Captive Balloon, similar in 
size and construction to the great Captive Balloon of 
Paris under charge of Prof King, will make daily as- 
censions from Manhattan Beach to the height of 1,000 
feet It is or. feet in diameter, and when inflated will 
stand 90 feet in height. It will be lowered by steam 
power and will carry 15 persons. Prof. King will 



cies of the season, especially fresh fish, just caught, 
and the prices are very moderate. A regular Rhode 
Island Clam-bake is ready here every day at 5 p. m. 
Trains run every ten minutes. 

12. The Boat House and Landing:. At the East 
End there is always in waiting a fleet of row boats, 
sailing vessels and fishing yachts with experienced 
sailors. This landing is but a few hundred feet from 
the Ocean, giving fishing parties ready access to the 
outside fishing grounds, and in fifteen minutes the 
fishing at Jamaica Bay can be reached, and there are 
no better fishing grounds on this coast than here. The 
••East End" is certain to become the great rendezvous 
for New York and Brooklyn, for fishing, yachting,sail- 
ing and rowing parties and clubs. 

13. 500 Acres of Sea Beach. Not least in point 
of attraction is this grand area of sea beach— with its 
ocean-front of 2y, miles. The Company propose to im- 
prove and beautify this natural "Ocean-Park," by 
constructing lakes and artificial canals— enclosing the 
whole within a water-tight dyke, and encircling it all 
with an extension of the Marine Hallway — so that vis- 
itors can enjoy the novelty of riding six miles in a 
circular sea-side railway, giving them exquisite views 
of Bay and Ocean. The Company has determined nev- 
er to sell or lease a foot of their property, but will 
erect other hotels, cottages, and improve and beautify 
the grounds for the exclusive use and enjoyment of 
their patrons. 

14. The Wonderful Electric Eights— to be in- 
troduced this season— the most expensive kind in the 
United States, throw a flood of brilliant light over the 
grounds, buildings and water The beautiful and 
novel effect of these lights playing upon the waves and 
surf is Indescribable. 



"A prudent man," says a witty Frenchman 
"islike a pin; his head prevents him going too 

Barnum told the people of London that he had 
to lecture because his wife spent so much 
money. He gave her audience next day. He 
has not been heard of since, and it is feared 

:,.,. - n h*»'s met. with so-r e accident.. 



"Waiter," he yelled with an awful roar, "This 
napkin, I'm sure, has been used before." "By 
four, sir, no," did the waiter say— "You're only 
the third that's used it to-day." 

A visitor to an art-gallery on being asked 
whether he preferred pictures to statuary, said 
he preferred the latter, as "you kin go all round 
statoos, but you see only one side of theploters." 



TORONTO. 

The Queen's is one of the largest and most comfortable Hotels in 
the Dominion of Canada; and being adjacent to the Lake, commands a 
splendid view ot Toronto Bay and Lake Ontario. It is well known as one 
of the coolest houses, in Summer, in Canada, and is elegantly furnished 
throughout; rooms "en suite," with bath-rooms, etc., attached on every floor. 

In 1871, a suite of apartments was occupied by His Imperial Highness, 
the Grand Duke Alexis of Russia. 

His Excellency, the Earl of Dufferin, K. P., etc., etc., Governor-Gen- 
eral of Canada, and the Countess of Dufferin, on the occasion of each visit 
to Toronto, engaged apartments at the Queen's. 

The beautiful grounds about it being both spacious and airy, with Cro- 
quet and Chevalerie Lawns, render it one of the most pleasant and desir- 
able Hotels for business men, pleasure seekers and the traveling public. 

Terms for Board, per day, $2.50 to $3.50, according to location of 
rooms. Bath-rooms, etc., attached, $1.50 per day extra. 

For the convenience of the guests, a Passenger Elevator has been 
added to the Hotel during the past season. 




AMERICAN PLAN. 



TTAWA HOTEL, 



MONTREAL. 



The Only First Clas* Hotel near the Public Buildings and 

Objects of Interest. 

Situated on James Street— the Broadway of Montreal. 

B^" Passenger Elevator, Modern Furniture, and all the Comforts of a First Class 
lint el. _ 

"kingsley house , 

OPPOSITE INTERNATIONAL HOTEL, 

3<afU Sfreef, Jriuoura z/alb, Jfac Oolh. 

ADJOINING RUSSIAN AND TURKISH BATH PARLORS. 



Meals Served at all Hoars. - Terms, $1.50 per Day. 

Special inducements to parties continuing any length of time. 



Mrs. F.W. KINGSLET, Proprietress. 



No expression of the human countenance can Great Britain paid over $7:idi,oii uci for intoxi- 

equal t lie look of lonesome an azement that eating drinks in 1875. it cannot be tolJ how 

flashes over the face of the solitary oyster at much America paid in the same time, so much 

finding himself scooped up in a gallon of church ofit was charged.— Banbury News. 

sociable Boup— Burlington Hawkeye. So mari y hotel clerks have gone into bank- 

Farragut was lashed to the mast, ami a shoe ruptcy In Philadelphia since the Centennial 

peg is mashed to the last. Singular coincidence that a very hue cluster diamond pin can be had 

Worcester Press. therefrom fifteen cents down. 



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ALEXANDRIA JB.A."Y 3 INT. Y- 



O. G. STAPLES, 



PROPRIETOR. 



THE THOUSAND ISLAND HOUSE 

Is well known as not only the most commodious and 
sumptuously kept hotel on the St. Lawrence River, but 
also as being located amid some of thegrandest scenery 
in the country, standing, as it does, on the immediate 
borders of the far-famed Thousand Islands. It is by 
far the most convenient as well as the most desirable 
place in many other respects, for the headquarters 
of all who desire to avail themselves of the pure air. 
the excellent sport, the grand scenery and the general 
attractions of this popular resort. 

FOR THE SEASON OF 1879. 
The proprietor of the Thousand Island House has la- 
bored diligently, sparing neither effort nor expense, to 
render his hotel more attractive, and more desirable 
in all those nameless points which go to make up the 
first-class, popular house. 

The hotel itself which accommodates 700 guests, Hie 
lofty tower of which overlooks 500 of the beautiful 
islands ol the St. Lawrence, is now equipped and fur- 
nished throughout in the most perfect manner; and 
many desirable improvements, all tending to make the 
stay of guests more pleasant and satisfactory, have 
been added. 

The variety and grandeur of the scenery in this local- 
ity, the wonderful health-giving character of the at- 
mosphere, 1 he beneficial effects of the mineral waters 
from the great spring which has recently been secured 
by the proprietor of the Thousand Is'and House, and 
the excellent sporting all conspire to render this th- 
summer Eldorado of men, women and children from 
all parts of the country. To provide suitable, comfort- 
able, homelike, and at the same time sumptuous ac- 
commodations for all «h(i will, during the present sea- 
son, make this their Mecca, has been the ardent desire 
of the proprietor oi the Thousand Island House; and 
he is willing to state with confidence that he has suc- 
ceeded. 

THE OFFICE 
Is in chnr^e of Mr. R, Patten, late of the R. R. Eating 



House, Utica, N. Y., a gentleman well known as an 
obliging and affable person. 

THE DINING ROOM 
Is under the supervision of Mr. F. J. King, late of the 
Delevan Hotel. Albany, will seat 500 people, is elegantly 
frescoed, and pronounced the finest room in the State. 
The tact that the celebrated 
Chef tie Cuisine, Edward T,oenke, from the Grand 

Central Hotel, N.Y. 
With a corps of experienced assistants, has been en- 
gaged by the management, is a sufficient guarantee 
that the already well-established reputation of the ta- 
ble of this house will be more than maintained. 

An elegant Croquet Lawn adjoins the hotel; and a 
commodious Bowling Alley and Shooting Gallery have 
aiso been added for the comfort and amusement of the 
guesl s 

THE HOTEL MAY BE REACHED 
From New York via Hudson River Railroad orPeople'S 
Line of Boats to Albany, thence by New York Central 
Railroad to Rome and Rome, Watertown and Ogdens- 
burg Railroad to (Jape Vincent, thence by the new and 
beautiful steamer "Island Be'le," to Alexandria Bay. 
Or from Utica via Utica and Black River Railroad to 
Clayton, connecting with the fine steamer "Kelly," ar- 
rive at. Clayton at 9.35 a. m, Alexandria Bay at 10.35 a. 
st. Promt-he We-t, visitors connect at Syracuse with 
Rome. Watertown and Ogde*isburg Railroad, or via Ni- 
agara Falls, Rochester and Charlotte, thence by Royal 
Mail steamers direct to Alexandria Bay. From Ogdens- 
burg by the steamer "Stranger," ('apt. Hanna, in con- 
nection with a. m. trains on Ogdensburg ami Lake 
Cham plain R. W„ and St. Lawrence and Ottawa R. R. 

The proprietor thanks the public for the generous 
patronage of the past, and hopes for a continuance of 
its favors. 

Bend two 3-cent stamps for Illustrated Pamphlet with 
diagram of rooms. 

O. G. STAPLES, Proprietor. 



Terms $1.50 to $2.00 

PER DAY. 



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This House is within three minutes' walk of the Falls, Prospec 
Park, Suspension Bridge, and near all points of interest. 



FIRJBT-CL^SS LIVELY ATTACHED, 



BILLIARDS, ETC., 



English and French Waiters in attendance. '^m^ 



GEO. A. STRICKER, Proprietor, 

Niagara Falls, N. Y. 



At Natchez, the other day, a stray sheep ac- 
cidently fell into the hold of a coal barge. Coal- 
ed wether down there.— N, Y- Commercial Ad-\ 
verliser. 

A little boy came to his mother recently and ; 
said: "Mamma, I should think if 1 was made of | 
dust I should get muddy inside when I drink 
coffee." 



The way the King of the Sandwich Islands 
carves a chicken is to take hold of both legs, 
draw a long breath and pull for all he is worth. 
Detroit Free Press. 

A teamster who carelessly drove a cart full of 
building stones over a pedestrian excused him- 
self on the plea that it was not his cart, and he 
didn't know i* wns loaded. 



RANDALL'S 

irc assian Cream Wash, 

POSITIVELY AND EFFECTUALLY REMOVES 

Freckles, Blotches, Tan, Motli Patches, Pimples, Etc., from the Face 

and Cures all other Diseases of the Skin, of whatever 

nature, giving- it a Pearl-like Tint and leav- 

it as soft as velvet. 

By its use two or three times a week the Complexion will he 
Uept Perfectly Clear and Brilliant, 

I^FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.^ 

WHOLESALED BY 

JOHN F. HENRY, CURRAN & CO., 8 College Place J ^ ow v „ vt a„w« 

C. N. CRITTENTON, No. 7 Sixth Avenue, \ N ™ l01k A ° G % 

FARRAND, WILLIAMS & CO., Detroit, Mich. 

CHARLES HUSTON, Columbus, Ohio. 

W. A. & I. N. PATTISON, Indianapolis, Inch 



From the Leading Wholesale House of Detroit, Michigan. 

August 12, 1878. 

J. J. Randall, Esq., Detroit, Mich.: 

Sir — In reply to your favor, we would say that your Randall's Circassian Cream 
Wash is now as staple with us as gold. There is a steady demand, which you must 
know from the frequency of our orders This demand does not come from our own 
State alone, but from other States. We must say that it sells wondef ully well, 
which speaks for its merits. Yours truly, 

EARRAND, WILLIAMS & CO. 



From the Leading Retail Ding Hou^e of Detroit. 

Detroit, April 4, 1879. 
J. J. Randall, Esq.: 

Dear Sir— In reply to your card, would say, I have sold the Circassian Cream 
Wash for the past twelve years, and take pleasure in testifying that 1 have never 
sold an article which has given such universal satisfaction . I recommend it in 
preference to all other preparations of the kind. Respectfully Yours, 

JOHN HARVEY, Druggist', 205 Woodward Ave. 

Milwaukee, July 1, 1878. 
J. J. Randall, Esq.: 

Sir — From the experience of myself and many friends, I can cheerfully testify that 
your Circassian Cream Wash will do all you "claim for it. It completely removes 
tan, freckles, blotches of the skin, &c, and leaves the complexion beautiful pure and 
brilliant. 1, and many lady friends, have used it for several years with the greatest 
pleasure and comfort." Yours, &c, 

Mrs. T. S COLE. 

Mi:. Randall: 

Dear Sir— Your Circassian Cream Wash has been used by members of my fam- 
ily with great success. It does all that is claimed for it, especially in cases of moth- 
patches. I take great pleasure in recommending it. Yours truly, 

SAM I'LL CONKEY. 

78 Henry street, Detroit, Mich. 

From the 8upt. of Detroit Bridge and Iron Works, now (1878) Kellogg Bridge and Iron Works, 

Buffalo, N. Y. 

Detroit, Mich., April 1st, 1S71. 
Mr. Randall: 

Sir— I hereby certify that I was afflicted with Salt Rheum for fifteen years, and 
tried various remedies without effecting a cure, until I used your Cream Wash. It 
has cured me, and I cannot too strongly recommend it to others afflicted with that 
stubborn disease. Yours respectfully, 

CHAS. KELLOGG. 

Now No. 208 North Division St , Buffalo, N. Y. 

A COMPLEXION AS PURE AS A BABY'S. 



CAPE COTTAGE, 

Is the nearest watering place to the city of Portland, being only three 
miles distant, a picturesque and pleasant drive. 

The building has just been thoroughly rebuilt, refitted, and returnished, 
rendering it one of the best and pleasantest as well as most home-like of 
any house in the vicinity. 

It would be difficult to imagine anything more picturesque than the lo- 
cation of Cape Cottage. 

The house is surrounded by grassy knolls and hollows, beyond which, 
in front is an array of ragged cliffs and sunken ledges, about which the 
breakers are forever toiling, coming direct from the ocean, which stretches 
on without a break to the horizon. 

On the left is the main entrance to Portland Harbor, and every vessel of 
magnitude which enters or leaves the port passes in full sight. In the dis- 
tance are the outer islands of Casco Bay. 

This house will be kept in first-class style in every particulai, and per- 
manent boarders, transient guests, and parties will be furnished with the 
best accommodations at moderate prices. 

This house will be opened on the first day of May for the reception 
of visitors. 

Carriages to and from Portland, and to all railroads and steamboats. 



Address, 



FRANK L. FOSS & CO., Proprietors, 

PORTLAND, MAINE. 



Marriage increases a man's modesty so that 
after a year or two he can't summon up enough 
courage to kiss the woman whose lips in the 
vanishing past, were glued to his four hours on 
a stretch three times a week.— Fallon IHmes. 

The "Lady Slipper" is the name of a vessel 
just launched at Boston. She must be intended 
for the whaling service. 



We can generally tell what a man's going to 
do next, when he puts the lighted end of a cigar 
into his mouth by mistake. 

A smart school boy says it takes thirteen let- 
ters to spell cow, and proves it thus: "SeeO! 
double you."— Yonkers Qazette. 

The man who said he was "out on a lark" was 
really out on a swallow. 




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ESTABLISHED 1840. HOUSE BURNT 1875.- 



RE-BUILT 1876. 



PATRONS of Summer Sea-Side Resorts will find no place on the New England 
Coast with more attractions and comforts than Old Orchard Beach, Maine. 
It is at the mouth of the Saco River, on the Boston & Maine Railroad, one hundred 
miles east from Boston and fifteen miles west from Portland. The inland scenery 
in the vicinity is varied and pleasing, and the Beach, the finest on the American 
Coast, presents at low tide, a smooth, solid sand surface for many miles, affording 
Driving and Bathing facilities unequalled. 

To accommodate the numerous patrons of this popular place, there are twenty 
hotels and boarding-houses, the principal of which is the 

OLD ORCHARD HOUSE, 

Which will be opened for guests after June 1st, 1879. This Hotel has better accom- 
modations than any sea-side house in New England. Five hundred guests can be 
conveniently entertained. The private apartments are especially furnished for con- 
venience and comfort. Each room is illuminated with gas,*and communication can 
be held directly with the office by means of Creighton's Oral Annunciator. 

Orchestral music is in attendance in the spacious Entertainment Hall during 
the pleasure season, and for the accommodation of private theatricals there is a 
stage fitted with drop-curtains and scenery. 

A cheerful and commodious Billard Hall is furnished with three elegant mod- 
ern Tables. 

A skilful Physician resides in the House. 

The Office is connected with the Western Union Telegraph. 

In the vicinity is Fkrn Park and the beautiful Grove of the Methodist Camp- 
Meeting Association, where religious service is held every Sabbath. 

An Excellent Livery and Boarding Stable is under the management of the 
Hotel. 

E. C. STAPLES, Proprietors. 



There is, once in a while, a woman in this 
country who thinks that "household manage- 
ment'' steps at the making of a worsted dog. — 
Detroit Free Press. 

A 8unday-school class in Wilmington was 
asked who was the author of the Psalms. Si- 
lence, at first ; then a little hand was held up. 
"I know." "Who?" "Sam." 



One of Milwaukee's druggists has a brand of 
peculiarly tenacious leeches which he calls 
"the postmaster leeches." He says they all have 
to be pulled off. 

The reason why a lightning-rod agent creeps 
into a feather-bed during a thunder shower is 
because he has such a load of old iron on his 
conscience. — Rome Sentinel. 



A SIDE-TRIP UP THE SAGUENAY. 



The members of Mr. Brearley's special Excursion Party are respect- 
fully invited to avail themselves of the reduced rate offered for their benefit, 
for a trip to the majestic and sublime 

SAGUENAY RIVER, 

Which remains unrivaled in this world for its grand and impressive scenery. 
No one should miss this trip. The elegant passenger steamers "St. Law- 
rence," "Union" and "Saguenay," will leave Quebec as per specially adver- 
tised dates, in the morning at 6 o'clock, proceeding down the picturesque 
St. Lawrence, calling at Murray Bay, River du Loup and Tadousac, the 
noted seaside resorts of Canada; up the Saguenay River at night, return- 
ing down the Saugenay by daylight, giving an opportunity of seeing 
every mile of entire route. 

This magnificent trip, occupying 48 hours, is offered to members of Mr. 
Brearley's party, including meals and state-room berth, for $10.00. 

Apply early for accommodation to 

W. H. BREARLEY. 

Gustave Leve, Gen. Agt. for U.S. of Saguenay Line Steamers, offices 
opposite St. Louis Hotel, Quebec, and 271 Broadway, New York. 



PORTRAITS, ETC., 

BUILDINGS AND LANDSCAPES, 

MACHINERY OF ALL KINDS, 

LABELS, PLAIN AND COLORED. 




SHOW CARDS, 

POSTERS IN COLORS, 

CATALOGUE ILLUSTRATIONS, 
FINE BOOK WORK, 

CIRCULARS, MONOGRAMS, ETC. 



It was a Long Island boy who, when his 
mother was pelting him with a shingle, expres- 
sed a wish to go back of the returning board. 

A dealer advertises "A large stock of bank- 
rupt pianos and organs." Now, who would 
wish to purchase musical instruments whose 
notes were not good.— Detroit Free Press. 



The following dialogue was overheard the 
other day: He— 'Araminta, je V adore." She— 
"Shut it yourself.'' 

New Cook : "If you're going up stairs, Mr. 
Ruggles, you might just tell my lady that if she 
c n't write the 'Menoo' in French, I shall be 
very 'appy to do it for her !"— Punch. 



GLEN HOUSE, 

WHITE MOUNTAINS. N. H. 



THIS WIDELY KNOWN 



FAVORITE SUMMER RESORT 

will be reopened June 18, 1879. 



The largest House in the White Mountains, and the only one where, 
from its piazza, Mts. Washington, Jefferson, Adams and Madison are in 
full view from base to summit. 

Reached by stages connected with Grand Trunk railway at Gorham, 
N. H., Portland and Ogdensburg railroad at Glen Station, and Mt. Washi- 
ngton railway at summit of Mt. Washington. 



ALPINE HOUSE 



(NEW,) 

GORHAM. N. H. 



The Grand Trunk Railway Company have built a wholly new and 
superb Hotel on the site where the original Alpine House was burned, 
October 21, 1872. 

The fame, both in Canada and the States, of this location at Gorham, 
its charming surroundings, its tine climate, its unequaled nearness and 
convenience of access to the renowned objects of interest in the White 
Mountains, together with its increasing popularity for Summer Boarding, 
has caused the re-establishment ot this Hotel, with enlarged capacity, in 
superior elegance and comfort, also pre-enting in all its appointments 
thorough accommodations. 

W. & C. R. M1LLIKEN, Proprietors. 



It hardly looks well lor Alexis to be buying The y<> ung woman who said kissing was like 



$200 dogs while his father is looking around to 
borrow money.— Danbury y<>cs. 

Did you ever wake up in the night and muse 
upon what a nice eternal fitness there is about 
all things? Scissors came into use three cen- 
turies before the art of printing was discovered. 
Progress understands her business. 



t sewing machine, because it seemed so good, 
evidently alluded lua sewing machine with a 
feller. 

A young lady was asked upon her return from 
church, last Sunday, what the text was, to 
which she unhesitatingly replied, "Blessed are 
the dressmakers." 



Drive through Cedar Island and Clark Hill Islands 



-TO THE- 



BURNING SPRING! 



This is the newest and most beautiful drive at Niagara. Five bridges 
are crossed before reaching the Spring, two of which are Suspensions, 
spanning 250 feet each. The drive which is about half a mile from the 
Falls to the Spring, after passing through Cedar Island, follows close to 
the edge of the Rapids till it reaches the first suspension bridge at Clark 
Hill Islands. From these Islands — a group of five, is obtained 



THE FINEST VIEW OF THE RAPIDS. 



The second Suspension Bridge crosses from the Islands to the Spring over 



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The water flowing at the rate of 27 miles per hour. 



THE BURNING SPRING IS ONE OF 

The Greatest Natural Curiosities 

III>T THE WORLD, 

And has been too well known for the past 50 years as a great feature at 
Niagara to need any description here. 

jjQITTnteresting experiments will be shown the visitor at the Spring. 



It is folly to pay forty cents for a sheet of mu- 
sic when you can go to church and get it by tde 
choir for nothing. 

"Good morning, Donelly! I hear your daugh- 
ter has a babv ; is it a boy oragirl?" "Shure, 
Miss, it's meself as doesn't yet know for the life 
of me if I'm a grandfather or a grandmother, be- 
dad." — London Fun. 



The click of the mallet is again heard on the 
lawn, and anyone who says croquet is going 
out of fashion is a conspicuously bad player, or 
else wears No. 6 gaiters. 

The foolish man will ask a woman if her baby 
is not a trifle crosseyed; but the wise :nan will 
take the cars to the next town and make his 
inquiries by postal card. 



BEEBE HOUSE, 

HENRY BEEBE, Proprietor. 





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PUT-IN-BAY ISLAND, LAKE ERIE, OHIO. 



THE BEEBE HOUSE, 

Now open under the management of Henry Beebe, lias steadily grown in public favor. 
Last season and this, extensive and modern improvements were made, and it now 
has comfortable accommodation for 400 guests. The rooms ?.re large and airy, all 
lighted by coal gas. The offices and dining rooms are spacious, well-lighted apart- 
ments, and the latter can seat 400 guests. The cuisine needs no recommendation to 
former patrons, and it is sufficient to say that the reputation of the house will be 
sustained in this respect. A large building, remote enough from the main structure 
to prevent annoyance, but connected by walks, is devoted entirely to pleasure. It 
contains a fine Billiard Room, Bowling Alleys, Ice Cream and Wine Rooms. On the 
second floor is a spacious Dancing Hall, Ladies' and Gentlemen's Parlors, leading 
from which are Dressing Rooms, etc 

A Barber Shop, Laundry and Livery Stable are among the conveniences. 

The location, with the lake only a few feet in front, a splendid grove on the left, 
the only bathing beach on the Island but a short distance in the rear, is one that is 
not equaled by any other hotel on the Island . The chief charm of the house is, how- 
ever, its home- like comfort and elegance— two things so seldom found at watering- 
place hotels— and guests may be assured that they will receive every attention that 
will make their stay pleasant and agreeable in every respect. 

A fine orchestra will be in constant attendance to furnish music for serenades, 
hops, parties, etc. The popular price, $14 per week. Transient, S2.50 per day. 

A good Physician is established upon the Island. 

TRAVELING- DIKECTIONS. 

Visitors from Cincinnati of South can lake- Die O. H. & D. R. R. via Toledo, and thence via 
Steamer to the Island ; or the Short line via Daytoa, Springfield and Sandusky, thence via Stearn- 
er to the Island. Indianapolis aud further West can take the C. O. C. & J.( Bee Line) via Bellefon- 
taine. thence via Short Line to Sandusky. St. Louis and all intermediate points can take the 
O. &M , or Vandalia Line, connecting at Cincinnati with Dayton Short Line, or C. H. & D. R. R. 
for^Sandusky or Toledo. For Peoria and Fort Wayne, Toledo. Wabash & Western, to Toledo. 

Baltimore. Philadelphia, Washington and intermediate points can take the B. & O. thence to 
Sandusky. Columbus can take the C. C. O. & I. or ii. & O. K. It. direct to Sandusky. 

From Chicago, take the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern, or Michigan Central, to Detroit or 
Toledo. 

From Buffalo and East, take Lake Shore and Michigan Southern to Cleveland or Sandusky, or 
boat direct. 

The Steamer Alaska leaves the dock at the foot of Griswold street, Detroit, daily at S.30 a. m., 
and returns at 11 p. M. 




~~^iff '*£?*£ l*^ 



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IF YOU ARE GOING 



-TO THE 



Saginaws, Bay City, St. Louis Springs, Wells, West Branch, 
Roscommon, Otsego Lake, Gaylord, Alpena, 



-OR ANY POINT IN- 



NORTHERN MICHIGAN, 

Be sureyour tickets read via the DETROIT & BAY CITY RAILROAD, because 

IT IS THE SHORTEST ROUTE, 

49-The ONLY LINE running SLEEPING CARS on Night Trains. 

K3T"The ONLY LINE making close connection with all trains from the East 

45S*"The ONLY LINE running direct from the Union Depot Detroit f> the Union Depot Bay City 

and Saginaw City, and there making close connection with Michigan Central trains. 
JKS-The ONLY LINE! i mining a Sunday Night train from Detroit to Bay City and Saginaw. 
<®>Tiie ONLY LINE stopping its trains at Woodward avenue, and thus landing passengers at 

Detroit 20 minutes ahead of arrival time at Union Depot. 

Its Equipment is New, and Fitted with all Modern Appliances for ^SAFE- 
TY AND COMFORT. « 



TrythisNewi Popular Route. 

Trains leave Union Depot, foot of Third street, at 

9:45 A. M., 6:30 P. M. and 11:20 P.M., 

And Woodward Avenue Station at 10:05 A. M., 6:49 P. M.and 11:50 P. M.; returning, arrive at 
Woodward Avenue Depot at 6:57 A.M., 11:07 A. M. and 9:52 P. M., and at Union Depot 7:30 A. M., 
11:30 A. M. and 10:1 5 P. M. 

JPlease Consign your Freight via Detroit & Bay City Ltaiiroad. 

CF.BARKON, C. A. WABREN, S. ft. CAIXATYAY, 

General Passenger Agent. Pass. Ag't, 15t Jefferson Ave. Gen'] Superintendent. 



"Died of hard drink"' was the verdict ol an in- 
telligent jury upon Hie body of a man killed by 
a falling icicle.— New York Commercial Advei User. 

When a visitor enters the sanctum it is better 
than a whole sermon on human nature to see 
the editor, with a beautiful sir of unconscious- 
ness, slip all the lead pencils into a drawer and 
put the penknife into his pocket. 



When a couple go abroad on their bridal tour, 
could you call it a marry time excursion. —N. T. 
Corn. A dr. 

It is true that flowers and vegetables are di- 
vided Into sexes, and it is also true, strange as 
it may appear, that they have a language of their 
own. \ou surely have heard of .lack and the 
Bean's talk.— Atlanta Constitution.* 



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IMPORTERS AND RETAILERS OF 



DRY GOODS 



OPERA SOUSE BUILDING, DETROIT, MICBZ. 

We invite the attention of the ladies of Michigan to our magnificent 
stock of FINE GOODS, comprising everything necessary for a complete 
outfit, except bonnets and shoes. 

The facilities offered by the U. S. Mail and Express Co's for the cheap 
transmission of goods, enable parties living at a distance to trade in the 
large markets and avail themselves of the assortments of goods found in 
the large establishments. 

Ladies in want of Goods for traveling wear, will find full lines of LAWN 
AND CAMBRIC SUITS, Linen, Mohair and Cloth Ulsters. Rubber 
Waterproof garments at low prices, $2.50, $4.00, S5.00, $6.50. Gents 
Rubber Coats $3.50, $4.50 

Send for samples and prices. Orders promptly filled. 

NEWCOMB, E1VDICOTT & CO. 




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AMONG THE OBJECTS OF INTEREST ON THE ROUTE TO THE WHITE 
MOUNTAINS, IS THE JEWELRY STORE OF 

ROEHM & WRIGHT, 

140 Woodward Ave., Opera Souse Block, 

DETROIT, - - MICH. 

A visit implies no obligation to purchase, and you will be cordially wel- 
comed whether in want of anything or not. 

Our assortment of Diamonds, Watches, Chains, Fine Jewelry, Sterling 
Silverware, Triple Plated Ware, Clocks, Bronzes, etc., etc., is very com- 
plete and well worth your inspection. 



"The slumber of the pure is sweet," says the 
Talmud. That accounts for sleeping in church, 
surrounded by thepewrest influences.— Graphic. 

"Youns; man," said he solemnly, "I'm sorry to 
see you smoking tobacco," and the young man 
assured him that he wasn't— that it was a Con- 
necticut cigar. 



It is said that Eve was made for Adams Ex- 
press Company, but this is probably a figment 
of some common carrier of slander. — Cincinnati 
Enquirer. 

Brigham Young lost his opportunity when he 
did not write a work entitled "those wives of 
mine." 



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Recently completed, is one of the most thoroughly appointed and 

PERFECTLY EQUIPPED HOTELS 

mxr THE -world, 

Every modern improvement and invention tending to the comfort and 
convenience of the traveler having been adopted in its construction and 
furnishing. The house is admirably arranged, both for pleasure seekers 
and business men; the rooms are large, well ventilated and lighted, and 
are furnished in the most modern and expensive style. 

Rooms With Baths 

Can be had singly or en suite, and special arrangements have been made 
for the accommodation of wedding parties, the bridal chambers and par- 
lors being unexcelled for luxury and beauty. 

The location of the Hotel, standing as it does on high ground near the 
mountain, makes it especiallv desirable as a permanent residence for the 
summer, as during the warmest weather it will be found cool and pleasant. 

Great care is taken at all times to have the table supplied with every 
luxury. The most experienced and skilful assistants have been engaged 
for every department, and travellers can rest assured of finding the bill of 
fare unsurpassed and the attention the best. Electric bells are connected 
with every room. Every precaution is taken to guard against fire; water- 
mains with hose attached are on every floor, and trained watchmen walk 
through the house at all hours of the day and night. Everything that 
tends to the safety, comfort and pleasure of guests will be found at this 
Hotel, and the rates for board are as low as at any first-class establishment. 

R. H. SOUTHGATE, Manager. 



JAS. WORTHINGTON, Prop'r. 



HOTEL BRUNSWICK, 

BOSTON, IMI.A.SS- 




THE NEW HOTEL BRUNSWICK 

is located upon Boylston street, at the corner ot Clarendon, within a few 
moments' walk of the Public Garden and Common, and surrounded by the 
most elegant architectural structures, including the new Museum of Fine 
Arts, the Public Library, Institute of Technology, and several of the new 
church edifices, among which are, the new "Old South," and the new 
Trinity church; and as near to the depots, and as convenient to all parts of 
the city as any of the old hotels. 

The Hotel Brunswick porters will be found at the depots on arrival of 
the cars, and the Providence depot cars run within one square of the hotel, 
while the Beacon street line passes the door. 

Hotel Brunswick affords to the tourist and traveller every facility one 
could desire. 



